title: [Abdominal complications in peritoneal dialysis].
abstract: We conducted a 4-year retrospective study (1996-1999) in order to assess the abdominal events in patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD), as well as the technique failure and the death incidence. We enrolled 127 patients in two french dialysis centers, who presented 9 enteric bacterial peritonitis (13.2% of the total peritonitis episodes), occurring 7.6 +/- 7.9 months after PD treatment. Surgery (8 patients) and definitive technique failure (7 patients) were necessary. Hernias were the most frequent with 32.6% of the total abdominal complications. They were either umbilical (7 patients), or inguinal (5 patients) or hiatal (3 patients). Six patients continued on PD without disruption whereas 6 patients had a transient stop and thereafter returned to PD. The other abdominal complications such as gastric and duodenal ulcus (5 patients), oesophagogastric reflux (5 patients), liver diseases (9 patients) occurred during PD treatment without any relationship with the treatment modality. In the diabetic population, abdominal complications were not more frequent but they took place more quickly than in the non diabetic population (5.5 +/- 3.8 months versus 12.9 +/- 16.3 months with p < 0.01). A rapid diagnosis, especially in case of enteric peritonitis, is mandatory to avoid "abdominal catastrophes" mainly due to visceral injury. The incidence of hernia could be decreased if a good clinical approach is effective before PD treatment.
mesh_terms: D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006551:Hernia, Hiatal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000401:mortality; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Les complications abdominales en dialyse péritonéale.