Murugan, Sivaraman Bala https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5937-6227
Sunil Kumar, https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6086-2487
Gurnani, Bharat https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0848-5172
Kaur, Kirandeep https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0951-7415
Article History
Received: 6 September 2025
Accepted: 13 October 2025
First Online: 6 November 2025
Declarations
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: Bharat Gurnani is an Editorial Board member of Ophthalmology and Therapy . Bharat Gurnani was not involved in the selection of peer reviewers for the manuscript nor any of the subsequent editorial decisions. Sivaraman Bala Murugan, Sunil Kumar K and Kirandeep Kaur have nothing to disclose.
: The study was approved by the institutional ethics committee and complied with the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki. The study was prospectively registered at the clinical trial registry of India (CTRI/2022/07/043763). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to inclusion.