About the Authors

Sorcha Ní Dhubhghaill

Contributed equally to this work with: Sorcha Ní Dhubhghaill, Alina Miron

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

Affiliations Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium

Alina Miron

Contributed equally to this work with: Sorcha Ní Dhubhghaill, Alina Miron

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

Affiliations Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Melles Cornea Clinic Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Jessica T. Lie

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Amnitrans EyeBank Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Isabel Dapena

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Melles Cornea Clinic Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Amnitrans EyeBank Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Silke Oellerich

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Gerrit R. J. Melles

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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Affiliations Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Melles Cornea Clinic Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Amnitrans EyeBank Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

Dr. G. Melles is a consultant for DORC International and SurgiCube International. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The remaining authors have no financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.