Intraocular pressure measurement techniques: Current concepts and a review

Authors : Hemant Sharma, Hemant Sharma, Sanjeev K Nainiwal, Sanjeev K Nainiwal, Akshay Sarraf, Akshay Sarraf, Rakesh Porwal, Rakesh Porwal, Vijaya Sharma, Vijaya Sharma

DOI : 10.18231/j.ijceo.2020.069

Volume : 6

Issue : 3

Year : 2020

Page No : 315-323

According to the World Health Organization, glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness
worldwide. Although intraocular pressure (IOP) is not considered any more to be a defining feature of
the disease, its lowering remains the only treatment option for glaucoma. Therefore accurate and precise
measurement of IOP is the cornerstone of glaucoma.
Intraocular pressure is a highly dynamic physiological parameter with individual circadian rhythms. The
main limitation of current tonometry methods remains the static and mostly office-based nature of their
measurements.

Keywords: Glaucoma, Intraocular pressure (IOP), Tonometry.


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