Article History
Received: 3 March 2018
Revised: 4 July 2018
Accepted: 2 August 2018
First Online: 8 August 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: All authors certify that they have no affiliations with/or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest (such as honoraria; educational grants; participation in speakers’ bureaus; membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity interest; and expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements) or non-financial interest (such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, knowledge or beliefs) in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.
: M. Treder: Allergan, Novartis; J.L. Lauermann: Bayer, Novartis; N. Eter: Allergan, Alimera, Bausch and Lomb, Bayer, Heidelberg Engineering, Novartis, Roche.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.For this type of study formal consent is not required.