Publications of Faculty of Medicine:CORRELATION BETWEEN AXIAL LENGTH AND APPLANATION TONOMETRY: Abstract

To investigate the physical principle that suggests that a large globe offers less resistance to applanation than a small one. METHODS: 400eyes of 200 adults were included in this study. All patients were randomly selected from patients scheduled for cataract surgery at Benha Faculty of medicine hospital. Preoperatively, all patients hag their intraocular pressure (lOP) measured and their axial length was also measured and recorded. Data collected was examined using a regression analysis.