Article type :

Review Article

Author :

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

Volume :

6

Issue :

3

Abstract :

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.