Inclusion Criteria:  All patients who are scheduled for manual cataract surgery or FLACS who have provided informed consent, in accordance with application regulations and guidelines. Only one eye from each participant will be included in the study (the first one to be operated on).  Exclusion Criteria:  Intravitreal anti-VEGF injection < 3 months prior to cataract surgery Laser photocoagulation < 3 months prior to cataract surgery Complications during manual cataract surgery or FLACS Current or previous ocular or systemic inflammation History of rheumatic or immune disease Poor pharmacologic mydriasis Corneal opacities Pseudoexfoliation syndrome Previous ocular surgery or trauma Use of topical or systemic steroids < 6 months prior to surgery Prostaglandin analog eyedrop therapy Glaucoma Age-related macular degeneration