Mulamoottil Eye Hospital, Eye Care, Lasik, Cataract, Laser, Kozhencherry, Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India
Mulamoottil Eye Hospital, Eye Care, Lasik, Cataract, Laser, Kozhencherry, Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India

Equipments

Tomey Pachymeter (Japan)

Mulamoottil Eye Hospital & Research Center

Purpose

  • Assessment of corneal thickness.
  • Used for diagnosis of glaucoma by providing corrected IOP levels.
  • Pre-operative evaluation to LASIK (for the treatment of Myopia - Short sight) and other intra-corneal refractive procedures.

Advantages

  • Proper assessment of corneal thickness possible and not arbitrary as in visual assessment.
  • IOP can be adjusted to the corneal thickness for proper management of glaucoma, since high IOP (Eye Pressure) can also be due to increased thickness of the cornea.

Procedure

  • Cornea anaesthetized with topical anesthetic.
  • Probe placed over the cornea and an average of five readings taken.
  • For IOP correction the average value is corrected with a normogram.