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BIOMETRIC CORRELATIONS OF CORNEAL THICKNESS
Author(s) -
EHLERS NIELS,
HANSEN FINN KRUSE,
AASVED HENRY
Publication year - 1975
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.1755-3768.1975.tb01784.x
Subject(s) - ophthalmology , glaucoma , ocular hypertension , cornea , medicine , indentation , normal tension glaucoma , lens (geology) , materials science , optics , optometry , open angle glaucoma , physics , composite material
Central corneal thickness, depth of anterior chamber, thickness of lens, length of vitreous, axial length, applanation (Goldmann) and indentation (Schiøtz) tension and rigidity (Friedenwald) were determined in three groups of patients; (1) 16 patients with glaucoma simplex, (2) 25 patients with ocular hypertension, and (3) 26 patients with fibrillopathia epitheliocapsularis (so‐called pseudoexfoliation of the lens). Average data and computed correlations between the parameters are given in tabular form. Corneal thickness was normal in glaucoma simplex, but significantly increased in ocular hypertension. Corneal thickness was positively correlated to applanation tension but not to indentation tension, nor to any other of the studied parameters. It is suggested that corneal thickness can be considered as a biometric parameter which yields new information about the eye not covered by the conventional parameters.