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 in-traocular pressure being the most significant risk factor. Currently there are different meth-ods 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 pres -sure measurement is becoming increasingly clear. With the development of new instru-ments 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.(c) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.