Zimmermann, Marion
Giers, Bert C.
Beck, Anna
Bell, Katharina
Zimmermann, Herwig
Hechtner, Marlene
Hoffmann, Esther M.
Pfeiffer, Norbert
Lorenz, Katrin
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Article History
Received: 25 August 2020
Accepted: 19 May 2021
First Online: 21 June 2021
Declarations
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: Ethics Committee (Ethik-Kommission der Landesärztekammer Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschhausplatz 3, 55116 Mainz, Germany) approval was not required for this scientific project, as only routine health data of patients treated in the Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Mainz, have been investigated by retrospective chart review. No so-called third persons have been allowed to have a direct inspection of original health data of individual patients and the publication has been performed with anonymised data only. A more detailed formal approval is not required, because this type of investigation is regulated by the „Landeskrankenhausgesetz, §§ 36–37“ (State Hospital Law of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.