Background The custom-made, flexible artificial iris developed by HumanOptics and Koch
can reconstruct the anterior segment of patients with aniridia. The aim of this study was to …

Methods: Biopolymeric hydrogels based on high-molecular alginate (0.5% and 1.0%) and
hyaluronic acid (1.0% and Healaflow) were compared with extracted human vitreous bodies …

Purpose Measuring and controlling intraocular pressure (IOP) provide the foundation for
glaucoma treatment. Self-tonometry has been proposed as an alternative to measure IOP …

Purpose: To determine the viscoelasticity of human vitreous bodies and its changes with age
in order to benefit the understanding and therapy of vitreoretinal diseases. Methods: In a …

Purpose To characterize the biophysical properties of an artificial vitreous body substitute
(VBS), which consists of a biocompatible, cross-linked, hyaluronic acid (HA)-based …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the pupil size of normal subjects at different
illumination levels with a novel pupillometer. The pupil size of healthy study participants was …

Purpose Descemet endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) has replaced penetrating keratoplasty
in many cases of endothelial cell disorders. While DMEK has been greatly improved by the …

Mitochondrial network functionality is vital for glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in
pancreatic beta cells. Altered mitochondrial dynamics in pancreatic beta cells are thought to …

Purpose This study aims to analyze the success rate and functional outcome after revision
surgery of persistent idiopathic full-thickness macular holes in a large patient cohort and to …

Purpose: In surgical ophthalmology, the treatment of complicated retinal and vitreous
diseases is one of the central challenges. For this purpose, the vitreous body is removed as …