Olfa Ben Moussa, Louise Parveau, Inès Aouimeur, Grégory Egaud, Corantin Maurin, Sofiane Fraine, Sébastien Urbaniak, Chantal Perrache, Zhiguo He, Sedao Xxx, Oliver Dorado Cortez, Sylvain Poinard, Cyril Mauclair, Philippe Gain, Gilles Thuret
The bioengineering of corneal endothelial grafts consists of seeding in vitro cultured corneal endothelial cells onto a thin, transparent, biocompatible, and sufficiently robust carrier which can withstand surgical manipulations. This is one of the most realistic alternatives to donor corneas, which are in chronic global shortage. The anterior capsule of the crystalline lens has already been identified as one of the best possible carriers, but its challenging manual preparation has limited its use. In this study, we describe a femtosecond laser cutting process of the anterior capsule of whole lenses in order to obtain capsule discs of 8 mm diameter, similar to conventional endothelial grafts...
March 5, 2024: Bioengineering