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Swimming goggles suck
  1. L A Wakely,
  2. G Reeves,
  3. N Ashraff,
  4. A P Wells
  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand
  1. Correspondence to: Dr Laura Wakely Department of Ophthalmology, Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand; lauraeyetext.net

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.2004.048371

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    We present a complication arising from the use of swimming goggles in a patient with glaucoma drainage blebs.

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