Friedrich, Maximilian https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8699-4613
Augustin, Victor A.
Auffarth, Gerd U.
Khoramnia, Ramin
Son, Hyeck-Soo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1065-4035
Funding for this research was provided by:
Clinician Scientist Program of Heidelberg University, Faculty of Medicine
Article History
Received: 10 February 2026
Accepted: 23 March 2026
First Online: 1 April 2026
Declarations
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: Victor A. Augustin reports research grants from Kowa Co. and travel grants from Roche Holding AG outside the submitted work. Gerd U. Auffarth reports lecture fees and/or research grants from Johnson & Johnson Vision, Alcon Laboratories, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Hoya Corp., Kowa Co., Ltd., Afidera, Teleon Ltd., Rayner Intraocular Lenses Ltd., Oculus Optikgeräte GmbH, Ophthec BV, Santen, Contamac, Cristalens, Elios, Eyebright, Fluoron, Hanita, and Biotech; and nonfinancial support from EyeYon and Hanita outside the submitted work. Ramin Khoramnia reports lecture fees and research grants from Alcon, Heidelberg Engineering, Johnson & Johnson Vision, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Hoya Corp., and Teleon Ltd., outside the submitted work. Maximilian Friedrich and Hyeck-Soo Son have nothing to disclose.
: This article is based on previously conducted studies and does not contain any new studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.