Introductory Chapter: Glaucoma Beyond 2020

Abstract

insulin pumps available long before such options were available for glaucoma. With the numerous changes that we are seeing in both the diagnostic and treatment, glaucoma management beyond the year 2020 is looking particularly attractive. With the new treatment options for medications and surgical modalities being launched regularly, we are perhaps entering a Golden age of glaucoma. We should not celebrate or rejoice prematurely. A lot will be needed before these new modalities become a standard of care. But perhaps paraphrasing the words of Winston Churchill best expresses the current sentiment, "this is not the beginning, this is not the end, but it is perhaps the end of the beginning".