Diabetic retinopathy before and after renal transplantation: a longitudinal study.
Retinal evaluation was performed in 20 consecutive type 2 diabetics before and after renal transplantation. This included 19 men and 1 woman of mean age 52 years (range 30 to 60 years). Before renal transplantation, 95% of these patients showed diabetic retinopathy (50% nonproliferative and 45% proliferative diabetic retinopathy). There was no change in retinopathy at 3 months after renal transplantation. At 1 year, two patients (10%) showed deterioration in their diabetic retinopathy, while the remaining 90% did not show any change. Also 25% of renal allograft recipients developed posterior capsular cataracts.
Mittal
N S
NS
Department of Nephrology, Dayanand Medical College, 1101/1 Tagore Nadar, Ludhiana, Punjab 141001, India.
Bajwa
G S
GS
Sandhu
J S
JS
D000328:Adult; D002386:Cataract / Q000453:epidemiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000503:physiopathology; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000601:surgery*; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors