[Punctal stenosis: etiology, diagnosis, treatment].

This article reviews etiological factors in the development of lacrimal punctal stenosis, modern diagnostic techniques, as well as both conservative and surgical treatment methods. The presented analysis is based on data from 67 literary sources, which provide information on conventional and high-tech examination and treatment methods of patients with lacrimal punctal stenosis. Particular attention is paid to various aspects of punctoplasty - the most common surgical intervention used to treat this pathology.

PROGNOSIS OF ACUTE LEUKEMIA DEPENDING ON THE IRON METABOLISM PARAMETERS IN CHILDREN AFTER CHORNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENT.

Objective: To determine the influence of iron metabolism on the prognosis of acute lymphoblastic (ALL) and (AML)myeloblastic leukemia at the different phases of chemotherapy in children after Chоrnobyl accident.

Materials And Methods: 333 children (295 - ALL, 38 - AML) were examined at the stages of chemotherapy. Thecomparison group included 93 children without leukemia.

CLINICAL, HEMATOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND POLYMORPHISM OF ABO AND Rh BLOOD GROUP SYSTEMS IN PLASMA CELL MYELOMA PATIENTS.

Unlabelled: Objective to study the peculiarities of clinical characteristics and polymorphism of ABO and Rh blood group systemsin relation to the natural history of plasma cell myeloma in the ChNPP accident survivors.

Materials And Methods: Peculiarities of the disease natural history were reviewed in the 111 plasma cell myeloma(PCM) patients receiving medical management at the Department of Radiation Oncohematology of the NRCRM dur-ing 2010-2017. Principal clinical and laboratory characteristics of PCM, namely the values/levels of LDH, β2-mic-roglobulin, albumin, serum calcium, urea, creatinine and hemoglobin were assessed, taking into account the gender,radiation history (ChNPP accident clean-up workers, evacuees from areas of obligatory resettlement, inhabitants ofcontaminated territories, and the comparison group) and the PCM stage codenamed by Durie-Salmon et al.

[Modern methods of evaluating the morphological and functional state of the eyelids in chronic blepharitis].

The article reviews the literature on methods of evaluating the morphological and functional state of the eyelids in chronic blepharitis. Development of methods continues together with further research on the etiology and pathogenesis of the disease.

[Intraoperative prevention of dacryocystitis relapse].

The article reviews the literature devoted to modern intraoperative methods of preventing cicatricial process at the site of dacryostoma after endonasal endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy. Despite the constant improvement of the surgery technique, complications in the postoperative period still occur. They include the formation of granulation tissue at the sites of dacryostoma, synechiae in the nasal cavity, or narrowing of the dacryostoma, which ultimately leads to a relapse of the disease.