Table 2.

Comparison of 3 different classes of intraoperative adjunctive medications for glaucoma surgery.

	Main Indication	Advantages	Disadvantages
Sub-Tenon Steroids	Primary trabeculectomy	Are available and inexpensive Reduce postoperative inflammation	May induce IOP rise in steroid-responders May not be as effective as anti-fibrotics
Anti-Fibrotics	High-Risk patients Imminent failure	Very effective	Associated with thin bleb and bleb-related complications
Anti-VEGF Agents	Neovascular glaucoma Primary trabeculectomy	Maximum ocular safety Reduce postoperative hyphema and inflammation	May induce systemic vascular attacks in susceptible patients May promote avascular blebs