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Investigation of Eyelid and Lacrimal Injuries

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The number of investigations carried out in an emergency setting, in a patient of isolated lid and/or lacrimal trauma, is limited. The primary reason for the investigations would be to rule out associated trauma to the globe or deeper orbital structures.

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Correspondence to Bipasha Mukherjee MS, DNB (Ophthalmology), FICO .

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Pauly, M., Mukherjee, B. (2017). Investigation of Eyelid and Lacrimal Injuries. In: Mukherjee, B., Yuen, H. (eds) Emergencies of the Orbit and Adnexa. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1807-4_10

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