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Eye diseases in children in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia): clinical and epidemiological characteristics
- Authors: Lutskan I.P.1, Savvina N.V.2, Vikhreva O.A.2, Burtseva T.E.2
- Affiliations:
- Yakutsk Republican Ophthalmological Clinical Hospital, Yakutsk, Russia
- Northeastern Federal University named after M. K. Ammosov, Yakutsk, Russia
- Issue: No 4 (2023)
- Pages: 316-318
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://remedium-journal.ru/journal/article/view/1673
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.32687/1561-5936-2023-27-4-316-318
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Abstract
The article presents an analysis of the indicators of the general morbidity of children and adolescents with diseases of the eye and its accessory apparatus, analyzes the results of in-depth medical examinations by ophthalmologists of schoolchildren in Yakutsk of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). During the study period, a slight increase in the overall incidence of eye diseases and appendage apparatus in adolescents was shown, an increase in the overall incidence of myopia and astigmatism in children and adolescents, and a high proportion of children and adolescents with eye diseases in Yakutsk was revealed according to the target medical examination. The results obtained once again confirm the population significance of this pathology in children and adolescents, which will allow us to revise the organization of ophthalmological care in the region, taking into account the possibilities of correction.
About the authors
Ivan P. Lutskan
Yakutsk Republican Ophthalmological Clinical Hospital, Yakutsk, Russia
Email: lutskan@mail.ru
Nadezhda V. Savvina
Northeastern Federal University named after M. K. Ammosov, Yakutsk, Russia
Email: nadvsavvina@mail.ru
Olga A. Vikhreva
Email: ovixreva@mail.ru
Tatiana E. Burtseva
Northeastern Federal University named after M. K. Ammosov, Yakutsk, Russia
Email: bourtsevat@yandex.ru
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