To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Healio/Ocular Surgery News, the Associate Medical Editors are sharing what they think are the most important ophthalmic innovations of the 2000s.
Leon W. Herndon Jr., MD: I completed my fellowship in 1996 and joined the faculty at the Duke Eye Center immediately out of fellowship. At that time, argon laser trabeculoplasty was the second line of glaucoma treatment after maximally tolerated medical therapy failed. I remember that due to the high energy delivered to the trabecular meshwork and the risk of IOP spikes, we (Read more...)