[Epidemiology and rehabilitation of persons with anophthalmos in the Russian Federation].
The time course of changes in the rate of enucleations and the prevalence of anophthalmos in the Russian Federation, which have recently been growing steadily, were studied. By analyzing a great body of clinical materials from 1337 patients with anophthalmos, they show the ways of forming a locomotor stump and the most commonly used implants and recommend the optimal shapes of standard artificial eyes for the rehabilitation of persons with anophthalmos and a cosmetically defective blind eye. Ocular prosthetic repair as a method of social, psychological, and medical rehabilitation is one of the principal stages of upgrading the quality of life in the patients who have lost eyes.
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Gundorova
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Verigo
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Kharlampidi
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Sadovskaia
D000853:Anophthalmos / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D015995:Prevalence; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology