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Andrew A. Dahl, MD, FACS

Andrew A. Dahl, MD, is a board-certified ophthalmologist. Dr. Dahl's educational background includes a BA with Honors and Distinction from Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, and an MD from Cornell University, where he was selected for Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society. He had an internal medical internship at the New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center.

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As with most types of glaucoma, angle recession glaucoma can cause progressive vision loss and eventually blindness. The risk of vision loss depends on many factors, particularly the timeliness of the initial diagnosis and the treatment of the disorder.

The long-term visual outcome of eyes with chronic (long-standing) angle recession glaucoma is not known.

• Eyes that develop early-onset angle recession glaucoma are thought to have more extensive injury to the angle; however, the degree of angle recession does not always correlate with the severity of glaucoma in these eyes.
• Late-onset angle recession glaucoma almost always occurs in eyes with angle recession involving more than 180° of the iris. Eyes with angle recession involving all 360° of the iris are at the greatest risk. Hence, the greater amount of angle recession, the higher the risk.

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