An estimated 95 million people worldwide are affected by cataract. Cataract still remains the
leading cause of blindness in middle-income and low-income countries. With the …

Drug loaded implants also called drug-eluting implants have proven their benefits over
simple implants. Among the developed manufacturing processes, the supercritical CO 2 …

More and more people worldwide are affected by severe eye diseases eventually leading to
visual impairment or blindness. In most cases, the treatment involves the application of …

Most studies evaluating cataract surgery focus on the primary outcome of early, central, best-
corrected visual acuity. However, cataract surgery and intraocular lens (IOL) design have …

Hydrogels are highly biocompatible biomaterials composed of crosslinked three-
dimensional networks of hydrophilic polymers. Owing to their natural origin, polysaccharide …

Advances in cataract surgery have increased the demand for intraocular lens (IOL)
materials. At present, the progress of IOL materials mainly contains further improving …

Over 100 million individuals are affected by irreversible visual impairments and blindness
worldwide, while ocular diseases remain a challenging problem despite significant …

An increasing incidence of eye diseases has been registered in the last decades in
developed countries due to the ageing of population, changes in lifestyle, environmental …

Posterior capsule opacification (PCO) still remains the most frequent long term complication
after cataract surgery, while endophthalmitis is rare but severe and should be prevented at …

A silicone-based hydrogel was synthesized from poly (dimethylsiloxane) dialkanol (PDMS),
isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI), 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) and poly (ethylene …