Extrusion and fragmentation of hydrogel exoplant 11 years after scleral buckling surgery.
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.
Kawano
Taku
T
Department of Ophthalmology, Mie University School of Medicine, Japan.
Doi
Motoaki
M
Miyamura
Masataka
M
Esaki
Koji
K
Sasoh
Mikio
M
Uji
Yukitaka
Y
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
D020136:Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate