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Endoscopic anatomy of the lacrimal sac for dacryocystorhinostomy

A cadaveric study

Ameen Alherabi, Osama Marglani, Islam Herzallah, Hassan Shaibah, Tariq Alaidarous, Haddad Alkaff, Mian Farooq, Ashjan Bamahfouz, Talal Al-Khatib and Hani Marzouki
Saudi Medical Journal March 2017, 38 (3) 245-250; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.3.15937
Ameen Alherabi
From the Department of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Alherabi, Marglani, Bamahfouz), Department of Anatomy (Shaibah), Umm Al-Qura University, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital (Alaidarous), King Abdullah Medical City (Alkaff, Farooq), Makkah, the Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (Al-Khatib, Marzouki), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Otolaryngology (Herzallah), Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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Osama Marglani
From the Department of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Alherabi, Marglani, Bamahfouz), Department of Anatomy (Shaibah), Umm Al-Qura University, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital (Alaidarous), King Abdullah Medical City (Alkaff, Farooq), Makkah, the Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (Al-Khatib, Marzouki), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Otolaryngology (Herzallah), Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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Islam Herzallah
From the Department of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Alherabi, Marglani, Bamahfouz), Department of Anatomy (Shaibah), Umm Al-Qura University, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital (Alaidarous), King Abdullah Medical City (Alkaff, Farooq), Makkah, the Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (Al-Khatib, Marzouki), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Otolaryngology (Herzallah), Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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Hassan Shaibah
From the Department of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Alherabi, Marglani, Bamahfouz), Department of Anatomy (Shaibah), Umm Al-Qura University, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital (Alaidarous), King Abdullah Medical City (Alkaff, Farooq), Makkah, the Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (Al-Khatib, Marzouki), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Otolaryngology (Herzallah), Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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Tariq Alaidarous
From the Department of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Alherabi, Marglani, Bamahfouz), Department of Anatomy (Shaibah), Umm Al-Qura University, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital (Alaidarous), King Abdullah Medical City (Alkaff, Farooq), Makkah, the Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (Al-Khatib, Marzouki), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Otolaryngology (Herzallah), Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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Haddad Alkaff
From the Department of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Alherabi, Marglani, Bamahfouz), Department of Anatomy (Shaibah), Umm Al-Qura University, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital (Alaidarous), King Abdullah Medical City (Alkaff, Farooq), Makkah, the Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (Al-Khatib, Marzouki), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Otolaryngology (Herzallah), Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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Mian Farooq
From the Department of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Alherabi, Marglani, Bamahfouz), Department of Anatomy (Shaibah), Umm Al-Qura University, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital (Alaidarous), King Abdullah Medical City (Alkaff, Farooq), Makkah, the Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (Al-Khatib, Marzouki), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Otolaryngology (Herzallah), Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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Ashjan Bamahfouz
From the Department of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Alherabi, Marglani, Bamahfouz), Department of Anatomy (Shaibah), Umm Al-Qura University, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital (Alaidarous), King Abdullah Medical City (Alkaff, Farooq), Makkah, the Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (Al-Khatib, Marzouki), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Otolaryngology (Herzallah), Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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Talal Al-Khatib
From the Department of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Alherabi, Marglani, Bamahfouz), Department of Anatomy (Shaibah), Umm Al-Qura University, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital (Alaidarous), King Abdullah Medical City (Alkaff, Farooq), Makkah, the Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (Al-Khatib, Marzouki), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Otolaryngology (Herzallah), Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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Hani Marzouki
From the Department of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Alherabi, Marglani, Bamahfouz), Department of Anatomy (Shaibah), Umm Al-Qura University, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital (Alaidarous), King Abdullah Medical City (Alkaff, Farooq), Makkah, the Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (Al-Khatib, Marzouki), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Otolaryngology (Herzallah), Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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