Caiado, Rafael R.
Peris, Cristiane
Rodrigues, Eduardo B.
Farah, Michel Eid
Maia, André
Magalhães, Octaviano Jr
Novais, Eduardo
Lima-Filho, Acácio Souza
Maia, Mauricio http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7034-8091
Funding for this research was provided by:
Funda??o de Amparo ? Pesquisa do Estado de S?o Paulo (2014/07686-8)
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico (402718/2013-5)
Article History
Received: 25 September 2018
Revised: 20 November 2018
Accepted: 27 November 2018
First Online: 3 January 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
: This prospective, interventional, non-randomized clinical study was registered at ExternalRef removed (NCT02691429). The consort flow diagram and checklist are available (Supplemental Digital Content InternalRef removed). The Ethics Committee of the Federal University of São Paulo (Institutional Review Board number 466.833) and the National Brazilian Council of Research (CONEP authorization number 1.139.211) approved the study, which was conducted according to the Research Guidelines of the Association of Research in Vision Ophthalmology and the Declaration of Helsinki. To avoid BIAS during data interpretation, 10 surgeons performed 25 procedures following an aleatory protocol defined by the Ethics Committee of the Federal University of São Paulo. All patients provided informed consent regarding the benefits and risks of the surgical procedure and the new dye tested.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the UNIFESP and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.