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PERILIMBAL SUCTION CUP TECHNIQUE COMBINED WITH TONOGRAPHY OR BULBAR‐PRESSURE TEST
Author(s) -
NESTEROV A. P.,
FEDOROVA N. B.,
DEVLIKAMOVA E. R.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1973.tb03793.x
Subject(s) - suction cup , intraocular pressure , ophthalmology , suction , aqueous humor , glaucoma , open angle glaucoma , medicine , materials science , physics , quantum mechanics , meteorology
The aqueous humor production is suppressed during the perilimbal pressure cup technique. This effect can be diminished if the intraocular pressure prior to the test is decreased by tonography or bulbar‐pressure test. When such combined procedure was employed the suction cup technique showed a 1.5‐fold increase of the values of aqueous inflow in 91 normal eyes and a 1.3‐fold increase in 25 glaucomatous eyes. In another series of 243 normal eyes, 113 eyes with open angle glaucoma and 91 eyes with chronic closed angle glaucoma, either suction cup test or combined technique was performed. The mean values of aqueous inflow were significantly greater if tonography or bulbar‐pressure technique was performed prior to the suction cup test.