OPHTHALMIC MANIFESTATIONS IN DIALYZED POP ULATION - A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY IN 81 PATIENTS

In this work, we looked at the results of a retrospective study carrie d out in our unit on the ocular manifestations in the dialysed chronic renal failure patient. Eighty-one of our 189 patients had an ophtalmi c examination. Thirty-six showed a retinopathy, 26 suffered from a cor neo-conjunctival alterations, 19 from a cataract, 6 a vascular thrombo sis, 4 a glaucoma and one motor-ocular paralysis. There was no signifi cant difference for age and sex between the 81 patients and the group of 108 who did not have an ophtalmic examination. But this difference was positive for duration of time on dialysis (p = 0,01). There is a c orrelation between the presence of a cataract and the age of the patie nts (p = 0,01). There was no link between the different types of ophta lmic problems on the one hand, and the age, sex, time on dialysis, typ e of dialysis, original nephropathy, hypertensive history or anterior renal transplantation on the other hand.