On March 21, 2001, defendant Dr. Arthur L. Millman performed a surgical procedure on plaintiff Elena Wong called a dacryocystorhinostomy, or DCR, to remedy a tear duct obstruction by creating alternate pathways for tears to exit. During that procedure, he placed two stents, one known as a Silastic tube and one as a French catheter, in the vicinity of her right eye and nostril, to keep the newly created pathways open. Wong was to return in four to six weeks for the removal...
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