General on Glaucoma and Oxidative Stress. Comments on Study Design: “Biomarkers of Lipid Peroxidation in the Aqueous Humor of Primary Open angle Glaucoma Patients”

Glaucoma is an optic neuropathy that causes progressive changes in the visual field and whose main known risk factor is the increased IOP. It is true that the latest acquisitions in image analysis technology (Optical Coherence Tomography -OCT-) have provided objective and quantifiable data of morphological damage, in any way eliminates the subjectivity and variability of the methods previously employed. If we speak from the functional point of view, computerized perimetry remains the method most commonly used scanning glaucomatous damage worldwide. While exploring the optic disc remains the way easier to assess the damage to the optic nerve, the great variability in the interpretation and errors derivatives thereof, the OCT has become critical in monitoring patients with glaucoma.

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