Optic nerve head abnormalities in primary open-angle glaucoma and their associations with axial length

Saito, H., Wang, W., Akiyama, K. et al. Optic nerve head abnormalities in primary open-angle glaucoma and their associations with axial length. Jpn J Ophthalmol (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10384-026-01371-y I’m including a table of all the abbreviations below. I re-read the article using a reference like this because it became confusing after a while, given the number of abbreviations used throughout. What I found most interesting about this article is that, although they found a significant correlation between these findings and patients who had glaucoma, there was no real predictive ability between these anatomical features and visual field loss. We have always been taught that high myopia increases the risk of having primary open-angle glaucoma. This article finds significant anatomical changes, which make sense based on a larger axial length. The correlation is there, and it makes logical sense that it should, given that it’s changing physiology. However, we still don’t know…