Stone, Lydia G. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3034-7809
Devenport, Adele
Stratton, Irene M. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1172-7865
Talks, James S. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6126-6476
Article History
Received: 8 May 2020
Revised: 17 June 2020
Accepted: 14 July 2020
First Online: 25 July 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: JS Talks: Advisory board; Bayer; Novartis; Allergan; research; Bayer; Novartis; Allergan; Roche; Boehringer IngelheimIMS: Research funding Bayer; Boehringer Ingelheim
: All data were recorded using an electronic medical record (EMR) system (Medisoft Ophthalmology; Medisoft Limited, Leeds, UK), which mandates collection of a standardized data set throughout a patient’s care pathway. The lead clinician and Caldicott Guardian (nominee responsible for data protection) at the hospital gave written approval for anonymized data extraction. Anonymized database analyses of this type do not require ethical permission because they are viewed as audit or service evaluations (see ExternalRef removed beforeyou-apply/determine-whether-your-study-is-research/). This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and the UK’s Data Protection Act.
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