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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Ophthalmology Volume 2010, Article ID 357387, 5 pages doi:10.1155/2010/357387 Clinical Study Differences between Goldmann Applanation Tonometry and Dynamic Contour Tonometry following Trabeculectomy Efstathios T. Detorakis, Emilia Grammenandi, Ioannis G. Pallikaris, and Miltiadis K. Tsilimbaris Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Heraklion, 71110 Heraklion, Crete, Greece Correspondence should be addressed to Efstathios T. Detorakis, detorakis@ Received 7 April 2010; Accepted 15 June 2010 Academic Editor: Alon Harris Copyright © 2010 Efstathios T. Detorakis et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Background. To evaluate differences between Goldmann Applanation Tonometry (GAT) and Dynamic Controur Tonometry (DCT) following trabeculectomy. Methods. Thirty eight glaucomatous eyes with a history of trabeculectomy (Trabeculectomy group, TG), 20 eyes without a history of trabeculectomy but with a history of latanoprost use (Latanoprost group, LG), and 19 nonglaucomatous eyes (Control group, CG) were included. GAT-IOP, DCT-IOP, the difference between them (dIOP), the central corneal thickness (CCT), the axial length (AL), and the depth of the anterior chamber (ACD) were measured. Results. dIOP was significantly higher in TG (5.19 mmHg) than in LG (4.01 mmHg) and CG (1.98 mmHg). Correlations between AL and dIOP were statistically significant in both TG and LG but not in CG whereas correlations between dIOP and other clinical parameters examined were statistically not significant in all groups. Conc