Polachova, Martina http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3899-7956
Netukova, Magdalena
Benada, Oldrich
Kucera, Tomas
Kolin, Vojtech
Baxant, Alina-Dana
Sirolova, Zuzana
Studeny, Pavel
Funding for this research was provided by:
Grantová Agentura, Univerzita Karlova (350321, 350321)
Article History
Received: 20 February 2023
Accepted: 16 June 2023
First Online: 29 June 2023
Declarations
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: Published research was conducted ethically in accordance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki. All pacients who donated lenticules as a by-product from their refractive procedure have given their written informed consent. This informed consent as well as obtaining patient’s corneal tissue from ReLEx SMILE procedure was approved by ethical committee of the Third Faculty of Medicine Charles University in Prague (number of approval 20170001).Human corneas were obtained according to the Declaration of Helsinki by the standard protocol of the Tissue Eye Bank of University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady. We used tissues which were not suitable for transplantation due to low endothelial density, reactive serology or peripheral scarring after cataract surgery.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.