title: [Effect of intraocular pressure measurement through therapeutic soft contact lenses by noncontact tonometer].
abstract: The measurement of intraocular pressure (IOP) was compared with and without soft contact lenses by a non-contact tonometer. The soft contact lenses examined were Plano-T and Plano-B4 therapeutic contact lenses and Breath-O refractive lens. Twenty-nine eyes of 18 patients with an IOP ranging from 9 to 48mmHg were studied. The measurements of IOP were 19.7 +/- 8.6mmHg with Plano-T and 18.9 +/- 9.2mmHg with Plano-B4. Both numbers were not statistically different, when compared with controls (19.3 +/- 9.8mmHg without lens). There was, however, a significant difference significant difference with (44.7 +/- 10.7mmHg) and without the Breath-O (p less than 0.01). The results suggest that accurate IOP measurements can be obtained through therapeutic soft contact lens by a non-contact tonometer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sugimoto-Takeuchi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuwayama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003263:Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular