[Specific features of therapeutical and diagnostic process at the Vyborg-3 sanatorium under present day socioeconomic conditions]. / Osobennosti lechebno-diagnosticheskogo protsessa v sanatorii "Vyborg-3" v sovremennykh sotsial'no-ékonomicheskikh usloviiakh.

The Vyborg-3 republican sanatorium is intended to serve 210 patients with ocular tuberculosis. A total of 2521 histories of patients admitted to the sanatorium from different regions of the country were examined. A fourth of the patients needed differential diagnostic studies. In 9% of patients, the tuberculous etiology of eye diseases was excluded. Patients with hematogenic severe and complicated ocular tuberculosis are prevalent every year. The proportion of complicated forms of ocular tuberculosis (cataract, retinal lesions, uveal glaucoma, fibrosis of the vitreous body) is 28%. Therapeutical efficiency in the underlying disease is 92%.

[Treatment effectiveness of patients with ocular tuberculosis at specialized sanatoria]. / Effektivnost' lecheniia bol'nykh tuberkulezom glaz v spetsializirovannykh sanatoriiakh.

The outcomes of treatment of 2908 patients with ocular tuberculosis who were treated at the Vyborg-3, Krasnyi Val, and Plyos sanatoria in 1993 - 1995 are analyzed. These sanatoria used the common guide in evaluating the efficacy of treatment, namely a separate assessment of the outcomes of treatment of the underlying and concurrent diseases. There were no statistical significant differences in therapeutical efficiency at these sanatoria. Therapeutical benefits were obtained in 99.8% of patients in the active phase of the disease.