Fundamentals

Goldman Applanation Mires for Glaucoma (Video)
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Goldman Applanation Mires for Glaucoma (Video)

This video shows the view you have when checking eye pressure (glaucoma check) with the goldman applanation tonometer. This device flattens the corneal surface of the eye, and by determining the amount of force required to flatten a measured area, can calculate the inner ocular pressure. Applanation is one of the harder steps for the…