Cristescu, Irina-Elena
Ivanova, Tsveta
Moussa, George https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5136-6841
Ziaei, Hadi
Ferrara, Mariantonia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1191-4989
Lippera, Myrta https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5027-3483
El-Faouri, Muhannd
Patton, Niall
Jasani, Kirti M.
Dhawahir-Scala, Felipe
Jalil, Assad https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3820-137X
Article History
Received: 10 November 2022
Revised: 22 February 2023
Accepted: 6 March 2023
First Online: 22 March 2023
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was registered and approved by our local clinical effectiveness team (Clinical Effectiveness Department, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital). As this was a retrospective anonymized study, as per our local protocol from our Clinical Effectiveness Department, and as per national guidelines from the National Code of Clinical Research, and the Health Research Authority (HRA), this study has ethical approval exemption. All procedures were completed prior to the design of this study. Patients were diagnosed and treated according to local guidelines and agreements and written consent from patients was acquired prior to all procedures as clinically indicated. This study does not report on the use of new or experimental protocols.
: Patients and the public were not involved in this study due to its retrospective design.