El Omda, Samy
Tzoumas, Nikolaos
Calonge, Margarita
Figueiredo, Francisco https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5876-288X
Article History
Received: 3 July 2025
Accepted: 28 August 2025
First Online: 8 October 2025
Declarations
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: Samy El Omda: No disclosure. Nikolaos Tzoumas: No disclosures. Margarita Calonge: No disclosures. Francisco Figueiredo: Francisco Figueiredo is an Editorial Board member of Ophthalmology and Therapy. Francisco Figueiredo was not involved in the selection of peer reviewers for the manuscript nor any of the subsequent editorial decisions.
: This study was approved by the Research Policy Intelligence and Ethics Team at Newcastle University—Ref: 52149/2023 who judged the project low-risk and waived formal ethics review. Informed consent was obtained from all participants. Patients and the public were not involved in the design and conduct of this study.