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Evaluation of the risk factors associated with conversion of intended deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty to penetrating keratoplasty (see page 764) In a series of 705 eyes undergoing deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty, multivariate analysis identified corneal scarring (OR=3.52), manual dissection (OR=42.66), type 2 bubble (OR=90.65) and surgeon inexperience (OR=10.86) as independent risk factors for conversion to penetrating keratoplasty. Comparison of vascular-function and structure-function correlations in glaucomatous eyes with high myopia (see page 807) Peripapillary retinal vessel density correlated with visual field defects in high myopia, even when retinal nerve fibre layer thickness were confounding due to segmentation error, suggesting its usefulness to evaluate glaucomatous damage in high myopia. Selective laser trabeculoplasty versus topical medication as initial glaucoma treatment: the glaucoma initial treatment study randomised clinical trial (see page 813) In this multi-site randomised clinical trial, the authors observed that selective laser trabeculoplasty was not superior overall in quality-of-life outcomes, to topical medication as a first-line treatment for mild-to-moderate glaucoma.