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Forgotten but not gone: late extrusion of a MIRAgel scleral buckle decades after surgery

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Fig. 1: Translucent, gelatinous mass visible beneath the superior conjunctiva of the left eye of a 93-year-old woman who presented with ocular pain.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

    Shinnosuke Sato, Shizuka Koh & Kohji Nishida

  2. Department of Innovative Visual Science, The University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

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Sato, S., Koh, S. & Nishida, K. Forgotten but not gone: late extrusion of a MIRAgel scleral buckle decades after surgery. Eye (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-025-04159-5

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