The term functional nasolacrimal duct obstruction (FNLDO; watering with patent drainage) is misleading as it implies occluded drainage and solely nasolacrimal duct pathology. 'Normal' tear ...

Purpose: Congenital epiphora can be related to anomalies of the nasolacrimal duct. This study aimed to assess the distal end of the nasolacrimal duct and the outcomes of endoscopic treatment in ...

This happens even when not crying. The eye is not red and the eyelid is not swollen. Both sides are blocked in 30% of these children. Caused by blockage of the lacrimal duct. This duct carries ...

A ureteral stent is a flexible plastic tube for insertion into the ureter to treat or prevent blockages that impede urine flow from the kidney to the bladder, such as kidney stones. Once the ...

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Once inflated, an expandable mesh tube (called a stent) can be inserted to keep the vessel open. Because balloon angioplasty is used to correct severely impaired blood flow, the benefits of treatment ...

As a consequence, our current practice is to remove all but two transmural stents to facilitate drainage of secretions from the upstream duct. We have not recently encountered any cases of bowel ...