ReviewVision (Basel, Switzerland)2024
Corneal Nerve Assessment by Aesthesiometry: History, Advancements, and Future Directions.
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14 citing papers in PubMed.
- Corneal nerve regeneration: treatments and monitoring approaches.Annals of medicine · 2026Review
- Making Corneal Sensation Testing Accessible: Bench Validation of a Low-Cost Adjustable Monofilament Aesthesiometer.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2026Article
- Unilateral corneal ectasia following trigeminal schwannoma resection with chronic neurogenic eye rubbing.American journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2026Article
- Noncontact Esthesiometer: Large Cohort Study on Agreement with Contact Method and Correlations with Corneal Nerves and Ocular Surface.Ophthalmology science · 2026Article
- Emerging Technologies in Corneal Nerve Evaluation for Dry Eye and Ocular Surface Disease: A Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Management of Dry Eye Disease Pre- and Post-Cataract Surgery: A Personalized Approach.Journal of personalized medicine · 2026Review
- Effect of Light Wavelength on Corneal Sensitivity.Ophthalmology science · 2026Article
- Corneal Sensitivity with the Non-contact Esthesiometer as Compared to the Cotton Wisp Test in Patients with Ocular Surface Diseases.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2026Article
- Ocular Surface Parameters in Glaucoma Patients Treated with Topical Prostaglandin Analogs and the Importance of Switching to Preservative-Free Eye Drops-A Systematic Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Evaluation of Corneal Sensitivity: Tools We Have.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The Prevalence of Corneal Sensitivity Loss in Patients with and without Dry Eye Disease.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- Profile and Management Outcomes of Neurotrophic Keratitis at A Tertiary Eye Hospital in Saudi Arabia: A Cohort Study.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
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Abstract
The measurement of corneal sensation allows clinicians to assess the status of corneal innervation and serves as a crucial indicator of corneal disease and eye health. Many devices are available to assess corneal sensation, including the Cochet-Bonnet aesthesiometer, the Belmonte Aesthesiometer, the Swiss Liquid Jet Aesthesiometer, and the newly introduced Corneal Esthesiometer Brill. Increasing the clinical use of in vivo confocal microscopy and optical coherence tomography will allow for greater insight into the diagnosis, classification, and monitoring of ocular surface diseases such as neurotrophic keratopathy; however, formal esthesiometric measurement remains necessary to assess the functional status of corneal nerves. These aesthesiometers vary widely in their mode of corneal stimulus generation and their relative accessibility, precision, and ease of clinical use. The development of future devices to optimize these characteristics, as well as further comparative studies between device types should enable more accurate and precise diagnosis and treatment of corneal innervation deficits. The purpose of this narrative review is to describe the advancements in the use of aesthesiometers since their introduction to clinical practice, compare currently available devices for assessing corneal innervation and their relative limitations, and discuss how the assessment of corneal innervation is crucial to understanding and treating pathologies of the ocular surface.
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