THE ROLE OF TONOMETRY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CERVICAL SPINE OSTEOCHONDROSIS
The present literature review concerns hydrodynamics and the development of concomitant disorders in the patients suffering cervical spine osteochondrosis. Roughly 40% of such patients present with a moderate reduction of intraocular pressure at the affected side as evidenced by the results of clinical examination, computed and magnetic resonance tomography and neuropathological examination. These observations are consistent with the data on the pathogenetic mechanisms underlying this pathology. In the majority of the patients, reduction of intraocular pressure is associated with lens dilatation and retinal pallor revealed during eye ground ophthalmoscopy as well as other pathological manifestations caused by disturbed innervations, insufficiency of cerebral circulation and ischemia. It is concluded that these symptoms may be regarded as ophthalmological signs of cervical spine osteochondrosis.