Factors regulating the gripping force and stiffness of 25- and 27-gauge internal limiting membrane forceps

• Kana Katakami,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

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• Hisanori Imai ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: imaih@hirakata.kmu.ac.jp

  Affiliations Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, Department of Ophthalmology, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8879-3604

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• Yasuyuki Sotani,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Visualization

  Affiliation Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

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• Hiroko Yamada,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4562-8466

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• Makoto Nakamura

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6464-4302

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