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 1990s.
Leon W. Herndon Jr., MD: Trabeculectomy is still considered the gold-standard glaucoma surgery and has evolved over the past several decades in terms of surgical technique and approach, but perhaps the most profound alteration to the procedure has been the addition of antifibrotics. Steroids and NSAIDs inhibit wound healing early in the process, whereas anti-proliferative agents such as 5-fluorouracil and