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Factors affecting intraocular pressure measurement and comparison of different tenonometers

ZHANG Yong, XIE Lin   

  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400043, China
  • Received:2016-02-14 Online:2016-03-25 Published:2016-03-24
  • Contact: XIE Lin, Email: xielin_66@163.com

Abstract:

Intraocular pressure is one of the most important indexes for the diagnosis and monitoring of glaucoma. A lot of factors may affect the intraocular pressure measurement such as central corneal thickness, refractive error, position, and systemic factors of patients, etc. Among them, central corneal thickness was found to be the most important factor affecting the measurement of intraocular pressure. There is a wide variety of tenonometers clinically. We selected several common tenonometers for comparison, analyzing their accuracy, applicable scope, advantages and disadvantages for a reference. (Ophthalmol CHN, 2016, 25: 138-141)

Key words:  glaucoma/diagnose, intraocular pressure