Table 6.

Potential biomaterials and carriers for ocular surface reconstruction.

Biological/Biosynthetic	Synthetic
Amniotic membrane [57]	Contact lenses [58]
Chemically cross-linked hyaluronic acid-based hydrogels [59]	Mebiol Gel (thermo-reversible polymer gel) [53]
Chitosan matrix/silver matrix/gold matrix [60]	Nanofiber scaffolds [40]
Collagen IV-coated plates [61]	Petrolatum gauze [24]
Collagen membranes [62]	Plastic [25]
Corneal stroma [63]	Poly(lactide-co-glycolide) electrospun scaffolds [64]
Fibrin [65]	Poly-ε-caprolactone electrospun scaffolds [66]
Human keratoplasty lenticules [67]
Laminin-coated compressed collagen gel [68]
Matrigel (reconstituted basement membrane extract) [69]
Plastic compressed collagen [70]
Recombinant human cross-linked collagen scaffold [71]
Silk fibroin [72]
Silk fibroin mixed with polyethylene glycol [72]

The list of possibilities is not complete.