Best ophthalmologists in Istanbul: TOP 87 doctors

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Fahad Mawlood

Mediha Tok Cevik

  • 4.5 Good 234 reviews
  • 35 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Liv Hospital Ulus
  • Areas of Interests

    • Cornea
       
    • Refractive Surgery
       
    • Contact Lens
       
    • Oculoplasty
       
    • Glaucoma
       
    • Medical Retina
       
    • Retinopathy of Prematurity
       
    • Cataract
       
    • Corneal Transplant

     

    Education:

    • 2010- 2015 Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology - Assistant
    • 2002-2009 Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine Bursa - Student
    • 1999-2002 Private Çukurova Bilfen Science High School -Adana

     

    Experience:

    • Liv Hospital Ulus
    • Yeniyüzyıl University Private Gaziosmanpaşa Hospital
    • Surp Pırgiç Armenian Hospital
       
    • Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Education and Research Hospital
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Laser eye surgery
$750 - $1,250
Cataract surgery (one eye)
$750 - $1,250
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Pervin Uygur

  • 4.7 Excellent 36 reviews
  • 31 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Dunyagoz Eye Hospital Istanbul Etiler
Glaucoma surgery
$2,740 - $6,020
Corneal transplant
$11,726 - $12,898
LASEK eye surgery
$1,729 - $1,729
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Osman Karli

  • 4.5 Good 234 reviews
  • 35 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Liv Hospital Ulus
  • Areas of Interests

    • 0-18 Years Old Healthy Child Monitoring and Tracking
    • Breast Milk, Breastfeeding and Nutrition Consultancy
    • Newborn Care and Follow-up
    • Vaccines and Preventive Medicine
    • Nutrition in Infancy and Childhood
    • Childhood Diseases

    Education:

    • Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine 2009-2015
    • Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine Department of Child Health and Diseases 2016-2019
    • Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Department of Child Health and Diseases 2020

    Experience:

    • Liv Hospital Ulus
    • Private Levent Hospital 2022-2023
    • Van Özalp State Hospital 2021-2022
    • Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital Child Health and Diseases Clinic 2020
    • Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine Child Health and Diseases Clinic 2016-2019
    • Denizli State Hospital Pediatric Emergency Service 2015-2016
    •  
    • Psoriatic Arthritis in the Differential Diagnosis of Zinc Deficiency - Scientific Poster Presentation (38th Pediatrics Days - 2016)
    • Myoclonic Epilepsy in a Patient with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus - Scientific Poster Presentation (39th Pediatrics Days - 2017)
    • Evaluation of Children Diagnosed with Acute Pancreatitis - Specialization Thesis (November 2020)
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Laser eye surgery
$750 - $1,250
Cataract surgery (one eye)
$750 - $1,250
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Dr Selami Sozubir

  • 4.5 Good 234 reviews
  • 35 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Liv Hospital Ulus
  • Areas of Interests

    • Pediatric Genitourinary Reconstrictive Surgery
    • Hypospadias
    • Circumssion
    • Oncological Surgery
    • Congenital Abnormalities of Upper and Lower Urinary System
    • Newborn Surgery
    • Pediatric Abdominal Surgery

    Education
     

    • 1997 -  19 Mayıs University
    • 1998 National Pediatric Surgery Congress Best Reearch Study
    • 2001-  Kocaeli University
    • 2007 – Kosova Government
    • 2009 – Yeditepe University
    • 2009 – Suudi Arab be Congeress Best Clinical Study

    Experience
     

    • FMV Işık Highschool
    • İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty
    • Ondokuz Mayıs University
    • Zeynep Kamil Childrens Hospital
    • Kocaeli University Medical Faculty
    • UT Southwestern Medical Center Pediatric Urology, Dallas, USA
    • Ege University Medical Center Pediatric Urology
    • Yeditepe University
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Laser eye surgery
$750 - $1,250
Cataract surgery (one eye)
$750 - $1,250
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Osman Murat Uyar

  • 4.5 Good 234 reviews
  • 35 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Liv Hospital Ulus
  • Areas of Interests

    • Retinal Detachments (Rhegmatogenous and/or Tractional)
    • Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
    • Macular Hole
    • Epiretinal Membrane
    • Vitreomacular Surface Pathologies
    • Vitreous Hemorrhages
    • Traumatic Pathologies
    • Intraocular Foreign Bodies
    • Endophthalmitis Medical Retina
    • Retinal Vascular Diseases
    • Diabetic Retinopathy
    • Hypertensive Retinopathy
    • Retinal Artery and Vein occlusions
    • Macular (Yellow Dot) Diseases
    • Age-Related Macular Degeneration (Yellow Dot Disease)
    • Santra Serous Choroidoretinopathy
    • Retinal Tears and Perforations, Peripheral Retinal Degenerations
    • Retinal Dystrophies (Retinitis Pigmentosa)
    • Posterior Vitreous Detachment (Floaters and Spots)
    • Retinal Imaging Methods: USG, FFA, ICG (ISYA), FOF (FAF), OCT (OCT), OCTA
    • Intravitreal injection, LASER Photocoagulation and Photodynamic Therapy Applications
    • Cataract Surgery
    • Trauma Surgery
    • Medicolegal Ophthalmology

    Education

    • 1974 - 1981 TED Ankara College
    • 1981 - 1987 Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine
    • 1988 - 1991 Specialty training at SSK Istanbul EH Ophthalmology Clinic

    Experience

    • 1991 - 1992 KKK Ege Ordu Military Hospital Eye Clinic, İzmir.
    • 1992 - 2012 SB Istanbul EAH Eye Clinic, Retina and Vitreoretinal Surgery Unit
    • 2013 - 2019 TC Maltepe University Eye Clinic, Retina and Vitreoretinal Surgery Unit
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Laser eye surgery
$750 - $1,250
Cataract surgery (one eye)
$750 - $1,250
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Dr Ahmet Cem Dural

  • 4.5 Good 234 reviews
  • 35 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Liv Hospital Ulus
  • Areas of Interests

    • Surgical treatment of thyroid, parathyroid gland diseases and cancers
    • Surgical treatment of adrenal gland (adrenal gland) diseases and cancers
    • Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgery

    Education:

    • Galatasaray High School (1989-1997)
    • Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Medical Education (1997-2003)
    • Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Specialization in General Surgery (2003-2009)
    • Cleveland Clinic, Endocrine and Metabolism Institute, Center for Endocrine Surgery, USA, Research Fellowship (2014)
    • Karolinska University Hospital, Department of Surgery, Division of Endocrine Surgery and Sarcoma Unit, Sweden, Endocrine Surgery Clinical Fellowship (2015)
    • Ottawa University, Faculty of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Apoptosis Research Center (ARC), Canada, Translational Medicine Clinical Research Fellowship (2016-2017)

    Experience:

    • LIV Hospital Ulus & LIV Hospital Vadistanbul
    • Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital (2012-2021)
    • Ottawa University, Faculty of Medicine, Canada (2016)
    • Karonlinska University Hospital, Sweden (2015)
    • Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA. (2014)
    • Iğdır State Hospital (2009-2012)

    Memberships

    • Endocrine Surgery Association, Member of the Board and Secretary General of the Association
    • Dialogue Society in Endocrinology, Member
    • Endoscopic Laparoscopic Surgery Association, Member
    • Turkish Surgery Association, Member
    • European Society of Endocrine Surgery(ESES), Member
    • European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES), Member
    • Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), Member
    • Clinical Robotic Surgery Association (CRSA), Member
    • American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES), Member
    • American College of Surgeons (ACS), Member
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Laser eye surgery
$750 - $1,250
Cataract surgery (one eye)
$750 - $1,250
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Levent Ersan

  • 4.7 Excellent 36 reviews
  • 38 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Dunyagoz Eye Hospital Istanbul Etiler
  • CURRICULUM VITAE

    Place and Date of Birth

    • Samsun, 1959

    Language Skills

    • English

    Education and Experience

    • Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine
    • Istanbul Haydarpasa Numune Hospital (Specialization)

    Case Experience

    • Experience of over 20.000 surgery cases

    Memberships

    • Turkish Ophthalmology Association
    • Turkish Medical Association
    • ESCRS (European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeon)
    • ASCRS (American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery)
    • AAO (American Academy of Opthalmology)

    Seminars

    • -I introduced this subject for the first time in Turkey with the seminars I gave on Eye and Complementary Medicine (Iridology) on the Natural Body, Mind and Mental Health Festival, Military Museum Harbiye Cultural Site.

    Awards

    • TÜBİTAK Turkey First Place in Biology with my scientific research on the eye in my second year of high school.

    Scientific Studies

    • Creating visual awareness with sound waves (Echolocation) in blind people

    National Publications

    • The importance of retinal nerve fiber photography in the diagnosis of glaucoma
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Glaucoma surgery
$2,740 - $6,020
Corneal transplant
$11,726 - $12,898
LASEK eye surgery
$1,729 - $1,729
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Betul Tugcu

  • 4.5 Good 234 reviews
  • 35 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Liv Hospital Ulus
  • Education

    • Bachelor's Degree (Year of Completion): Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine (English) (1996)
    • Specialization in Medicine (Year of Completion): Bezmi Alem Valide Sultan Vakıf Gureba Education and Research Hospital Eye Diseases Clinic (2001)
    • Associate Professorship (Year of Receiving) Bakırköy Dr Sadi Konuk Education and Research Hospital Eye Clinic (2014)
    • Professorship (Year of Receiving): Bezmialem Vakıf University Faculty of Medicine 2020

    Experience

    • 2001-2014 : Bakırköy Dr Sadi Konuk Education and Research Hospital Eye Clinic
    • 2014-2025: Bezmialem Vakıf University Faculty of Medicine
    •  
    • Turkish Ophthalmology Association
    • International Strabismological Association
    • European Strabismological Association
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Laser eye surgery
$750 - $1,250
Cataract surgery (one eye)
$750 - $1,250
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Dr Vedat Kaya

  • 4.5 Good 234 reviews
  • 35 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Liv Hospital Ulus
  • Areas of Interests

    • Cataract Surgery
    • Laser Operations
    • Glaucoma
    • Corneal Diseases

     

    Education

    • A.U. Faculty of Medicine

     

    Experience

    • Liv Hospital, Ulus, Department of Ophthalmology
      Freelance Physician (office)
      Beyoglu Eye Hospital

     

    Journal Editorships, Editorial and Scientific Advisory Board Memberships

    • The Cornea (reviewer.)

    Association Memberships
     

    • Turkish Ophthalmology Association
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Laser eye surgery
$750 - $1,250
Cataract surgery (one eye)
$750 - $1,250
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Yusuf Durlu

  • 4.7 Excellent 36 reviews
  • 41 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Dunyagoz Eye Hospital Istanbul Etiler
  • Birthplace and Date

    Tarsus, 1958

    Foreign Languages

    English, Japanese

    Education and Experience

    Ankara University Faculty of Medicine 1976-82

    Specialist Education SB Dışkapı EAH 1984-87

    Specialist Education Japan Tohoku University Faculty of Medicine 1987-89

    Specialist Education SB Okmeydanı EAH 1989-90

    Post-specialist Education USA Case Western Reserve University Faculty of Medicine 1990-91

    Associate Professorship Japan Tohoku University Faculty of Medicine 1993-96

    Case experience

    Over 40,000 surgical case experience

    Associations of which he is a member

    Turkish Ophthalmology Association

    Turkish Medical Association

    Certificate

    LASIK Certificate Crete University Faculty of Medicine (Prof.Dr. I.Pallikaris)

    Awards

    Japanese Government- Education, Science and Ministry of Culture (Monbusho), Research Scholarship (1987-89)

    Japan Mishima Sai-ichi Research Award (1988-89)

    United States-Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation Fighting Blindness Travel Fellowship (1988)

    Japan Mishima Sai-ichi Research Award (1994-95)

    Japan Mishima Sai-ichi Research Award (1995-96)

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Glaucoma surgery
$2,740 - $6,020
Corneal transplant
$11,726 - $12,898
LASEK eye surgery
$1,729 - $1,729
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Ebru Gorgun

  • 4.7 Excellent 36 reviews
  • 21 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Dunyagoz Eye Hospital Istanbul Etiler
  • Birthplace and Date

    Ankara, 1975

    Foreign Languages

    English

    Education and Experience

    1999 Ankara University Faculty of Medicine

    2004 Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology

    2012 Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology, Lecturer

    Case Experience

    13 years of active ophthalmology practice.

    Associations Membership

    Turkish Ophthalmology Association (TOD)

    Turkish Ophthalmology Association Medical Retina Unit active member

    European Vitreoretinal Society (EVRS)

    European Society of Retina Specialists (EURETINA)

    International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision (ISCEV)

    European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS)

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Glaucoma surgery
$2,740 - $6,020
Corneal transplant
$11,726 - $12,898
LASEK eye surgery
$1,729 - $1,729
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Zeynep Alkin

  • 4.9 Excellent 53 reviews
  • 28 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Valued Med Hub Hospitals
  • Dr. Zeynep Alkin is a Professor of Ophthalmology. She specializes in medical retina and vitreoretinal surgery. She earned her medical degree at Istanbul University. She completed her residency at Beyoglu Eye Training and Research Hospital. Dr. Alkin later served as an Assistant Professor and Clinical Fellow in retina departments. She also completed a research fellowship at Doheny Eye Institute, USC. She is a member of the Turkish Ophthalmological Society and its Medical and Surgical Retina Boards.

    Dr. Alkin has given over 40 presentations at national and international meetings. She has authored more than 40 peer-reviewed publications. Her main interests are retinal diseases, diabetic macular edema, and age-related macular degeneration. Her research includes multicenter studies and real-world data analyses. Dr. Alkin’s work supports evidence-based practice in ophthalmology.

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Bugra Duman

  • 4.7 Excellent 36 reviews
  • 13 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Dunyagoz Eye Hospital Istanbul Etiler
Glaucoma surgery
$2,740 - $6,020
Corneal transplant
$11,726 - $12,898
LASEK eye surgery
$1,729 - $1,729
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Hakan Eren

  • 4.7 Excellent 36 reviews
  • 29 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Dunyagoz Eye Hospital Istanbul Etiler
Glaucoma surgery
$2,740 - $6,020
Corneal transplant
$11,726 - $12,898
LASEK eye surgery
$1,729 - $1,729
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Bozkurt Sener

  • 4.7 Excellent 36 reviews
  • 23 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Dunyagoz Eye Hospital Istanbul Etiler
Glaucoma surgery
$2,740 - $6,020
Corneal transplant
$11,726 - $12,898
LASEK eye surgery
$1,729 - $1,729
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Ersin Kutlucinar

  • 4.7 Excellent 36 reviews
  • 26 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Dunyagoz Eye Hospital Istanbul Etiler
Glaucoma surgery
$2,740 - $6,020
Corneal transplant
$11,726 - $12,898
LASEK eye surgery
$1,729 - $1,729
Info

Irfan Kayurtar

  • 4.7 Excellent 36 reviews
  • 34 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Dunyagoz Eye Hospital Istanbul Etiler
Glaucoma surgery
$2,740 - $6,020
Corneal transplant
$11,726 - $12,898
LASEK eye surgery
$1,729 - $1,729
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Melike Gedar

  • 4.6 Excellent 4 reviews
  • 25 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Dunyagoz Eye Hospital Istanbul Atakoy
  • Place and Date of Birth

    • 1972

    Language Skills

    • English

    Education and Experience

    • Hacettepe University, School of Medicine (Undergraduate Education)
    • Bahçeşehir University, School of Medicine (Education Commission Membership)

    Memberships

    • TOD (Turkish Society of Ophthalmology)

      International Articles

    ULUOCAK N., PARLAKTAS BS., DENİZ FE, ERDEMİR F., KOSEOGLU RD., GEDAR OM. ORBITAL METASTASIS OF PROSTATE CANCER: A CASE REPORT. KAOHSIUNG J MED SCI. 2007;23:199–202.

    Gedar (Totuk) OM, ARI DE, AYKAN Ü. Anesthetıc Management in Glaucoma Surgery. ARC Journal of Anesthesiology Volume 1, Issue 3, 2016, PP 9-18

    ISSN No. 2455-9792 (Online) http://dx.doi.org/10.20431/2455-9792.0103002

    www.arcjournals.org.

    International Reports

    TOYGAR B, GORGUN E, GEDAR M, COSKUNSEVEN E, ARSLAN E.REFRACTIVE LENS EXCHANGE WITH THE DIFFRACTIVE TECNIS MULTIFOCAL IOL: LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP. XXIV CONGRESS OF THE ESCRS. 9-13 SEPTEMBER 2006, LONDON. FREE PAPER. ABSTRACT BOOK P.151-152.

    TOYGAR B, GORGUN E, COSKUNSEVEN E, ARSLAN E, GEDAR M. TORIC PHAKIC INTRAOCULAR LENS IMPLANTATION: LONG-TERM RESULTS. XXIV CONGRESS OF THE ESCRS. 9-13 SEPTEMBER 2006, LONDON. FREE PAPER. ABSTRACT BOOK P.152.

    GEDAR M, TOYGAR B, COSKUNSEVEN E, ARSLAN E. COMPARISON OF FLAP THICKNESS ACCURACY USING HANSATOME® XP MICROKERATOME AND INTRALASE FEMTOSECOND FS2 AND FS30 LASERS FOR LASIK. XXIV CONGRESS OF THE ESCRS. 9-13 SEPTEMBER 2006, LONDON

     DRY EYE, TREATMENTS. SEEOS 5TH CONGRESS. CRCRS – 4TH OPHTHALMOLOGİC SCHOOL – 16-18 MAY 2008. INVITED SPEAKER.

     TRANSCANALICULAR ENDOSCOPIC DCR. SEEOS & BSOS CONGRESS- 19-22 MAY 2011. INVITED SPEAKER.

     EARLY EXPERIENCE WITH A NEW DIFFRACTIVE REFRACTIVE MULTIFOCAL IOL. TOYGAR B, YABASKIZILOGLU O, TOYGAR O, HACIMUSTAFAOGLU AM, GEDAR OM. ASCRS•ASOA SYMPOSİUM & CONGRESS MAY 6-10, 2016.


     

     

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Prosthetic eye
$2,430 - $2,710
Cataract Surgery with Multifocal Lens Implant
$6,020 - $6,020
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Prof Yusuf Yildirim

  • 5 Excellent 3 reviews
  • 15 years of experience
  • Turkey, Istanbul, Medipol Acibadem District Hospital
  • Areas of Expertise and Interest:

    • Keratoplasty (Penetrating and Lamellar)
    • Refractive Surgery
    • Cataract Surgery
    • Corneal Biomechanics and Keratoconus

    Education:

    • Istanbul University, Faculty of Medicine

    Professional and Observational Experience:

    • Assistant Doctor (Ophthalmology) at Beyoğlu Eye Training and Research Hospital, 2006-2010
    • Ophthalmologist at Ağrı Patnos Government Hospital, 2011-2012
    • Ophthalmologist (Cataract and Refractive Surgery Department, Cornea and Ocular Surface Disease Department) at Beyoğlu Eye Training and Research Hospital, 2012-2018
    • Associate Professor at University of Health Sciences, Beyoğlu Eye Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, 2018-2024
    • Professor at Acıbadem District Hospital, 2024-Present

    International Diplomas:

    • European Board of Ophthalmology Diploma (EBOD) 
    • International Council of Ophthalmology - Basic Science, 2017
    • International Council of Ophthalmology - Optics and Refraction, 2017
    • International Council of Ophthalmology - Clinical Science, 2018
    • International Council of Ophthalmology - Advanced, 2018 (FICO)

    Certificates:

    • Basic Good Clinical Practices
    • Advanced Good Clinical Practices

    Memberships in Scientific Organizations:

    • Turkish Ophthalmology Society
      • Active Member, Cornea and Ocular Surface Department
      • Active Member, Young Ophthalmologist Department
      • Active Member, Cataract and Refractive Surgery Department
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Cataract Surgery with Multifocal Lens Implant
$3,000 - $5,000
Cataract surgery (one eye)
$3,000 - $3,000
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