[Once more about the diagnostic capacities of elastic tonometry].
The paper deals with the study of a relationship of elastic tonometric evidence to various factors in a group of healthy individuals and in patients with glaucoma and elevated intraocular pressure. The study revealed that the results of elastic tonometry depended on the thickness and curvature of the cornea and the anteroposterior axis of the eye. Altered hydrodynamic parameters and glaucoma did not virtually affect the results of elastic tonometry, which in turn fails to recommend the use of the technique for the diagnosis and monitoring of glaucoma. The findings allow elastic tonometry to be regarded as an approximate, but accessible method for assessing the biomechanical properties of the cornea.