[Ways to reduce disability as a consequence of urologic diseases]

Analysis of the disability pattern associated with urological diseases revealed that the patient's capacity for work depended rather on the nature of the lesion in the kidney or urinary tract (uni- or bilateral involvement or the involvement of a sole kidney) than on the nosological entity. The reasons of low rehabilitation levels could be explained by a late diagnosis, insufficient conservative or operational treatment, low qualification of labor examination committee and the defects of a dispensary follow-up. The authors defined the main criteria for the assessment of urologic patient's capacity for work and, on their basis, developed a mathematical simulation model for disability and techniques for individual approach in the prognosis for the labor capacity. The ways to raise the efficacy of rehabilitation measures were defined as well.