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Abstract
Current management concepts of epiphora in established facial palsy are reviewed and compared with those advocated by McLaughlin and criticised by Stallard in 1949.
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Publication history
Accepted:
May 20,
1992
Received:
May 15,
1992
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© 1993 The British Association of Plastic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
