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Transcaruncular laser-assisted StopLoss Lester Jones tube surgery for lacrimal canalicular obstructions

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This study received financial support from the Koeln Fortune Program/Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Germany, and the State Scholarship Fund from China Scholarship Council.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany

    Yongwei Guo, Konrad R. Koch & Ludwig M. Heindl

  2. Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO) Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Duesseldorf, Cologne, Germany

    Ludwig M. Heindl

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Guo, Y., Koch, K.R. & Heindl, L.M. Transcaruncular laser-assisted StopLoss Lester Jones tube surgery for lacrimal canalicular obstructions. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 257, 1569–1570 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-019-04331-0

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