Next Steps

Follow-up

As with other types of glaucoma, the frequency of follow-up care depends on the level of IOP control and the risk of vision loss.

• If your IOP is elevated soon after a blunt trauma, you may be reexamined every 4-6 weeks during the first year to monitor your condition. Although most cases do not progress to angle recession glaucoma, you should continue to be checked even after the condition has appeared to resolve. Sometimes, the early elevation of IOP represents a severe form of the disease that may not respond to standard medical treatment. Severe forms require more frequent follow-up care.
  
  
• In eyes with angle recession involving more than 180° of the iris but without any signs of glaucoma, the potential for late-onset glaucoma is still a reasonable concern, even many years after the injury. If you fall into this category, annual eye examinations will be performed for an indefinite period of time.