Comparison of central corneal thickness measurements obtained by community optometrists to those obtained in secondary care.

Laura HughesCheng Yi LooBrian HoganHuai Ling TanLing Shan TangAndrew J Tatham

Published in: Eye (London, England) (2018)

There was good overall agreement between CCT measured by community optometrists and measurements obtained in the glaucoma clinic. The tendency for thicker CCT measurements by community optometrists may be due to more peripheral or non-perpendicular positioning of the pachymeter relative to the cornea.

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