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Biomaterials and regenerative medicine in ophthalmology /
With an increasingly aged population, eye diseases are becoming more widespread. Biomaterials have contributed in recent years to numerous medical devices for the restoration of eyesight, improving many patients' quality of life. Consequently, biomaterials and regenerative medicine are becoming...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Woodhead Publishing Ltd,
2009.
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| Colección: | Woodhead Publishing series in biomaterials.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Biomaterials and regenerative medicine in ophthalmology; Copyright; Contents; Contributor contact details; Foreword; Preface; 1 An introduction to ophthalmic biomaterials and their application through tissue engineering and regenerative medicine; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Development of ophthalmic biomaterials: a brief history; 1.3 Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine in ophthalmology; 1.4 References; Part I Applications in the anterior segment; 2 Advances in intraocular lens development; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Native lens structure; 2.3 Cataracts.
- 2.4 Cataract surgery and intraocular lens materials2.5 Biological responses to intraocular lens materials; 2.6 Multifocal intraocular lenses; 2.7 Accommodating intraocular lenses; 2.8 Lens refilling; 2.9 Conclusions; 2.10 References; 3 Opacification and degradation of implanted intraocular lenses; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Opacification and degradation of poly(methyl methacrylate) intraocular lenses; 3.3 Opacification and degradation of silicone intraocular lenses; 3.4 Opacification and degradation of hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lenses.
- 3.5 Opacification and degradation of hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lenses3.6 Conclusions; 3.7 References; 4 Synthetic corneal implants; 4.1 The function and structure of the cornea; 4.2 Using the cornea to correct refractive error; 4.3 Subtractive approaches to correct refractive error: refractive surgery; 4.4 Additive approaches to correct refractive error: corneal implants; 4.5 Corneal repair and replacement; 4.6 Future trends; 4.7 Conclusions; 4.8 Acknowledgements; 4.9 References; 5 Corneal tissue engineering versus synthetic artificial corneas; 5.1 The cornea.
- 5.2 The need for an artificial cornea5.3 Artificial cornea; 5.4 Keratoprostheses; 5.5 Tissue-engineered corneal equivalents; 5.6 Conclusions; 5.7 References; 6 Tissue engineering of human cornea; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Cell source; 6.3 Corneal tissue reconstruction; 6.4 In vitro experimental applications; 6.5 Clinical applications; 6.6 Future trends; 6.7 Sources of futher information and advice; 6.8 Acknowledgements; 6.9 References; 7 Engineering the corneal epithelial cell response to materials; 7.1 Surface properties influencing cell adhesion; 7.2 Engineering cellular adhesion.
- 7.3 Engineering corneal epithelium attachment and growth7.4 References; 8 Reconstruction of the ocular surface using biomaterials; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Treatment of ocular surface disorders; 8.3 Ex vivo expansion of ocular surface epithelial cells; 8.4 Corneal equivalents as replacements or study models; 8.5 Naturally derived biomaterials as substrata for tissue-engineered epithelial constructs; 8.6 Synthetic biomaterials as substrata for tissue-engineered epithelial constructs; 8.7 Strategies based on thermoresponsive polymers.