For many patients, the idea of LASIK represents the end of glasses or contact lenses and the beginning of clearer vision. But ...

SLT has few serious complications, but hyphema, corneal edema, and cystoid macular edema are more common in patients with high myopia.

The 350-page report, written and reviewed by vision specialists, noted that rates of myopia in the U.S. grew from 25% in 1971-1972 to 42% in 2004, and are as high as 88% in Asian countries. "If ...

Myopia has already become significantly more prevalent between 1990 and 2023. While the number of affected children and ...