One can divide lacrimal drainage system tests into functional and anatomical evaluations. The functional (physiological) tests are designed to assess tear flow under natural physiological ...

2). The catheter should easily slip into the canaliculus and lacrimal sac. Gentle short bursts of pressure can be applied to the syringe to flush the duct. If this is unsuccessful, moving the ...

State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China Correspondence to Dr Bingqian Liu, State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan ...

All of these puncta resisted dilatation and we were unable to insert the smallest probe in the canaliculus for more than ½12 mm. In other words, despite the appearance of an opening on the surface, ...

Introduction: The RAB11 family of small GTPases are intracellular regulators of membrane and vesicular trafficking. We recently reported that RAB11A and RAB11B redundantly regulate spindle dynamics in ...