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Article History

Received: 7 January 2026

Accepted: 23 February 2026

First Online: 25 March 2026

Declarations

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: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. Valeria Caggiano, Jessica Sbalchiero, Carla Gaggiano, Chiara Cardamone, Maddalena De Bernardo, Valentina Giudice, Paolo Moscato, Nicola Rosa, Giuseppe Lopalco, Luca Cantarini, and Antonio Vitale have nothing to disclose. Claudia Fabiani is an Editorial Board member of Ophthalmology and Therapy. Claudia Fabiani was not involved in the selection of peer reviewers for the manuscript nor any of the subsequent editorial decisions.

: The Ethics Committee of Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Senese, Siena, Italy (Ref. N. 14951; NCT05200715) approved the study, which was performed according to the Good Clinical Practice guidelines and the Declaration of Helsinki (1964) and its later amendments. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants for both study participation and the publication of any potentially identifying information. The study protocol was also approved by the Ethics Committees of the other two participating centers, namely the University of Bari and the University of Salerno. Clinical data are kept in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), or other counterparts, on the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy (2016/679/EU).