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Trends in congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction surgical procedures in the United States from 2003 to 2016. Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Muminovic, I., Ryu, W. Y., Lambert, S. R. 2021
Abstract
In this population-based retrospective cohort study, the Optum claims dataset was used to identify children <4 years of age with the diagnosis of nasolacrimal duct obstruction during the period 2003-2016. A total of 156,044 children were identified, of whom 16,538 (9.43%) underwent a surgical procedure. There was a downward trend for the frequency of all types of treatments but particularly for facility-based probings.
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jaapos.2021.06.002
View details for PubMedID 34600104