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Microinvasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) has become an important component of this paradigm by expanding the surgical continuum toward earlier, anatomically targeted, and tissue-sparing intervention. However, MIGS does not represent a homogeneous procedural category; rather, it encompasses distinct approaches that modulate different components of aqueous humor dynamics, including the trabecular meshwork, Schlemm\u2019s canal, distal collector channels, the subconjunctival space, the suprachoroidal pathway, and aqueous production. This narrative review synthesizes contemporary evidence and proposes a mechanism-based framework for glaucoma surgery, with particular emphasis on trabecular and Schlemm\u2019s canal-based procedures as representative examples of physiologically oriented conventional outflow enhancement. Canal-based interventions, trabecular bypass, goniotomy, trabeculotomy, and canaloplasty are most appropriate when enhancement of conventional outflow can achieve clinically meaningful pressure and medication reduction, particularly in mild-to-moderate open-angle glaucoma. By contrast, subconjunctival filtration, trabeculectomy, and aqueous shunt surgery remain indispensable when lower target pressures are required, especially in advanced or rapidly progressive disease. Lens extraction and ciliary body-directed procedures further illustrate the importance of aligning surgical strategy with disease phenotype and anatomical mechanism. 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