This book promises is to tackle specific issues that the comprehensive ophthalmologist, the ophthalmology trainee, and the dedicated glaucoma surgeon would surely find interesting. This book attempts to offer a snapshot of current frontiers and controversies in 2014. The book tries to take a balanced stand, offering classification for the new surgeries in a way that would allow the practitioner’s ability to navigate through those murky waters, and provides an overview of available literature to help the surgeon distinguish between science and science fiction. 

This book will provide a rich and fulfilling read to all who are interested in glaucoma surgery. It promises to be the first among a series of books that the International Society of Glaucoma Surgery (ISGS), intends to release regularly.