5 Key Takeaways

• 1

  Surgeons' reluctance to adopt MIGS may be influenced by cognitive biases that emphasize short-term risks over long-term benefits.

• 2

  Hyphema is a common adverse event in MIGS that can negatively impact patient vision, but it usually resolves without long-term consequences.

• 3

  Cognitive biases, such as proximity bias and loss aversion, lead surgeons to focus on rare complications rather than the benefits of MIGS.

• 4

  Regret theory suggests that surgeons may avoid MIGS due to fear of negative outcomes, despite the risk of allowing vision loss from glaucoma.

• 5

  Innovations in interventional therapies may help reduce complications like hyphema, encouraging more surgeons to adopt MIGS.