[Late results in treating uveal melanomas. A comparative evaluation of enucleation and organ-preserving treatment...

The paper analyses late results after treatment of 629 patients with choroidal and ciliary body melanomas. The method of drawing up thorough tables of mortality allowed to receive indices of 5-year survival and lethality after enucleation and organ-preserving methods of treatment. Comparative assessment of effectiveness of enucleation and organ-preserving methods of treatment proves the advantage of the latter in case of small uveal melanomas in the plan of preserving the life, ability to work and professional qualification of the patients.