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Article History

Received: 22 November 2023

Accepted: 13 August 2024

First Online: 23 August 2024

Declarations

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: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The analysis of deidentified data from electronic health records was reviewed and approved by the institutional ethics committee at University Hospital Freiburg (No. 23-1243-S1-retro), which granted a waiver of informed consent. The rationale was that obtaining individual patient consent for the secondary use of a large volume of treatment data over an extended time period is not realistically feasible, particularly for ensuring complete data capture. Additionally, the research question addressing potentially vision-threatening complications of bandage lens therapy was considered to be of public interest given the high subsequent costs (e.g., corneal transplantation). Patients could also directly benefit from the research results since bandage lens treatments often need to be repeatedly administered over a patient’s lifetime.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.

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