Report of the Chief pediatric surgeon of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation for 2023. Pediatric surgery: numbers and facts

The study reported on the activities of the chief freelance specialist — pediatric surgeon of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation for 2023. Information was provided on the analytical and organizational work of the Institute of Chief Pediatric Surgeons, strategic decisions in pediatric surgical service, interaction with the subjects of the Russian Federation, professional associations of other specialists, and bodies of legislative and executive power of the regions and the Federation. A separate section was devoted to “Pediatric surgery: Numbers and facts”, which is a summary of the main characteristics of the pediatric surgical service of the country through comparative analysis of data from the chief pediatric surgeons of the subjects (n = 80) of the Russian Federation for 2022 and 2023.