title: Extrusion and fragmentation of hydrogel exoplant 11 years after scleral buckling surgery.
abstract: MAI or MIRAgel is a hydrogel developed as a scleral buckling material. We identified upper lid masses and a limitation of supraduction in the left eye of a patient who was associated with extrusion and fragmentation of the MIRAgel episcleral exoplant 11 years after scleral buckling surgery. The material could not be removed completely because of fragmentation. Fragmentation and extrusion of MIRAgel may be rare, but periodic long-term follow-up examinations should be performed after this product has been used.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Mie University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Taku
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Motoaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyamura
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Esaki
authors.forename: Mikio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sasoh
authors.forename: Yukitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uji
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D020878:Device Removal; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D020136:Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012591:Scleral Buckling
chemical_list: D020136:Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate