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Article History

Received: 25 November 2025

Accepted: 3 June 2026

First Online: 7 June 2026

Change Date: 18 September 2026

Change Type: Update

Change Details: The original online version of this Article was revised: In the original version of this Article the name of author surnames and given names were reversed. The original Article has been corrected.

Declarations

Competing interests: A.M. received a financial support from Santen. Y.T. and M.T. are employees of Santen. H.M., M.Y., E.G., S.Y., S.K., Y.H., Y.K., and K.G. declare no competing interests.

Ethics declaration: The study was approved by the Research Review Committee of Kobe City Kobe Eye Center Hospital (Permit No.: ek241201) and by the Institutional Review Board at the Research Committee of Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. The study was registered at the University Hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trials Registry (clinical trial identifier: UMIN000057025).

Consent to participate: Before collecting data from the patients, written informed consent was obtained in accordance with the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki.