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Abstract

PURPOSE
To evaluate the validity and intraobserver reliability of intraocular pressure (IOP) measurements with both pneumotonometry and the Tono-Pen in a closed ex vivo system in cat eyes.
IOP was increased step by step in 5 enucleated cat eyes, while taking IOP measurements with the Tono-Pen and pneumotonometry. The outcomes were compared to readings of a digital manometer simultaneously measuring the actual pressure in the anterior chamber.
Pneumotonometry overestimated IOP below 15 mm Hg and underestimated pressures above 20 mm Hg. Tono-Pen tonometry considerably underestimated IOP over the whole spectrum in all of the eyes tested. The pneumotonometer was identified as the more valid and reliable instrument for cat eyes.
Both tonometers are clinically useful tools to assess IOP for glaucoma studies using a cat animal model. However, one has to consider underestimation of IOP in the upper ranges. A correction formula can be used to calculate the actual IOP.

Useful keywords (using NLM MeSH Indexing)

Animals

Anterior Chamber/physiology

Cats

Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted

Equipment Design

Intraocular Pressure*

Manometry

Observer Variation

Reproducibility of Results

Tonometry, Ocular/instrumentation*

Tonometry, Ocular/standards

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