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Cells with affinity for sex hormones have been identified in different ocular tissues, such as: lid, lacrimal gland, meibomian gland, bulbar and palpebral conjunctivae, cornea, iris, ciliary body, lens, retina (retinal pigment epithelium) and choroid. This is why pregnancy is associated with changes at ocular level, involving anterior and posterior segments. Several clinical trials have been made trying to highlight changes in corneal biomechanics during pregnancy. By conducting this review, we want to evaluate both the changes in parameters that define corneal biomechanics and intraocular pressure values in pregnant. Materials and Methods: Following a systematic search in the literature related mainly to changes in corneal biomechanics during pregnancy, focusing on the paper published in the last decade, we included in a meta-analysis the cumulative results of three prospective comparative studies. Results: Important changes in corneal biomechanics (corneal hysteresis and corneal resistance factor) parameters were observed in women in the third trimester of pregnancy, but these variations were not statistically significant. Also, a decrease in intraocular pressure was mentioned in these women, but only the corneal compensation intraocular pressure showed a decrease with statistical significance. Conclusions: A decrease in corneal compensatory intraocular pressure was observed in pregnant women in the third trimester of pregnancy, but without other statistically significant changes resulting from the analysis of the other three parameters (corneal hysteresis, corneal resistance factor and Goldmann-correlated intraocular pressure).<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina57060600","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,10]],"date-time":"2021-06-10T13:31:39Z","timestamp":1623331899000},"page":"600","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Corneal Biomechanical Changes in Third Trimester of Pregnancy"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"57","author":[{"given":"Inna Adriana","family":"Bujor","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, \u201cCarol Davila\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy, District 5, 020021 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Raluca Claudia","family":"Iancu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, \u201cCarol Davila\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy, District 5, 020021 Bucharest, Romania"},{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, University Emergency Hospital, 169 Splaiul Independen\u021bei Street, District 5, 050098 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"S\u00eenziana Lumini\u0163a","family":"Istrate","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, \u201cCarol Davila\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy, District 5, 020021 Bucharest, Romania"},{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, University Emergency Hospital, 169 Splaiul Independen\u021bei Street, District 5, 050098 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Emil","family":"Ungureanu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, \u201cCarol Davila\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy, District 5, 020021 Bucharest, Romania"},{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, University Emergency Hospital, 169 Splaiul Independen\u021bei Street, District 5, 050098 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"George","family":"Iancu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, \u201cCarol Davila\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy, District 5, 020021 Bucharest, Romania"},{"name":"Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Clinical Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology \u201cFilantropia\u201d, 011132 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"89","DOI":"10.5830\/CVJA-2016-021","article-title":"Physiological changes in pregnancy","volume":"27","author":"Tolppanen","year":"2016","journal-title":"Cardiovasc. 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