Purpose Staining of anterior lens capsules with dye to facilitate completion of continuous curvilinear capsulorrhexis is now being used more frequently in phacoemulsification of white and mature ...

Use of vital dyes in ophthalmic surgery has gained increased importance in the past few years. Trypan blue (TB) has been a popular choice among anterior segment surgeons mainly due to its safety, ease ...

Trypan blue can be used to avoid complications during enucleation by helping the surgeon differentiate between the anterior Tenon’s capsule and the conjunctiva during closure, said Minas T. Coroneo, ...

Opening the lens capsule, typically by creating a capsulorrhexis, is one of the most critical steps in cataract surgery. Our goal is to remove the lens contents while preserving the capsular bag so ...

Simple encapsulation by terpene-based chiral capsules allows various non-chiral organic dyes to display chiroptical properties in water, without requiring elaborate chemical modifications, scientists ...

Chirality is an essential property in biology; the molecular building blocks of some of the most important biological structures, including DNA and proteins, are chiral. When a molecule is said to be ...