THE SURGERY OF CATARACT AS A MEDICAL SOCIAL PROBLEM

The cataract is one of leading causes of low vision and blindness in the world. It is well known that a significant decreasing of vision or its total loss result in deterioration of quality of life, including total or partial loss of working capacity. On the basis of official statistics data, a study was carried out шт the course of which costs of inputs to cataract treatment and dependence of disability on quality of visual functions were established.

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