Intraocular pressure measurement: A review.

Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness, affecting around 80 million people worldwide. Glaucoma is a multifactorial disease of poorly understood pathogenesis, with intraocular pressure being the most significant risk factor. Currently there are different methods of intraocular pressure measurement, based on different physical principles, some of which are continuous measurement methods and others which are only measured in the medical office. The importance of the corneal biomechanical properties in intraocular pressure measurement is becoming increasingly clear. With the development of new instruments that can measure them, it will become possible to obtain more accurate intraocular pressure measurements within a short period of time. In the future, glaucoma patients will be better monitored with instruments capable of measuring intraocular pressure 24 hours a day.