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Published on Tue Jan 23, 2024

Question: A 27-year-old patient presented to the clinic stating that when he was mowing the lawn, a piece of wire flipped up and hit him in the right eye. After examination and testing, the physician diagnoses him with a right lower canalicular laceration and determines that emergency surgery is needed. Later that day, the patient underwent conjunctivorhinostomy with tube insertion. [...]
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