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 ...