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Copyright of Mali Médical is the property of Mali Medical, Faculte de Medecine, de Pharmacie et d'Odonto-stomatologie and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Introduction: Smoking, a major preventable cause of morbidity and mortality is a real public health problem in the world., The Objective: was to establish the epidemiological profile of smoking among soldiers at Camp Almamy Samory Touré., Method: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study lasting 6 months in 2018 at Camp Almamy Samory Touré in Conakry including all serving soldiers, without distinction of age, sex, residence and who accepted freely to participate., Results: We investigated 384 soldiers, including 287 smokers, a prevalence of 75% and 97 non-smokers, 25%. The most represented age group was 31-40 years 25.5% with an average age of 38.95 ± 9.36 years. They were all male (100%) and the majority resided in Conakry 96.61%. The level of education was secondary followed by higher and primary respectively: 38.54%; 24.48% and 23.70%. Married people were more numerous 39.58% followed by single people 34.11%. The average age of onset of smoking among our soldiers was 18.86 ± 3.42 years. Leisure places 26.48% were the main place of initiation to tobacco smoking. The 38.46% of the military smoke 11-20 wicks of cigarettes per day. During the study, 55.93% of soldiers wanted to quit smoking now., Conclusion: The prevalence of smoking among soldiers at Camp Almamy Samory Touré in Conakry remains very high with a young and male predominance. Nearly ¾ of the soldiers surveyed had smoked in the past and places of leisure were the main place of initiation to tobacco smoking. However, more than half of the soldiers now wanted to quit smoking after a good knowledge of the toxic effects of this practice., (Le comité de rédaction se réserve le droit de renvoyer aux auteurs avant toute soumission à l'avis des lecteurs les manuscrits qui ne seraient pas conformes à ces modalités de présentation. En outre il leur conseille de conserver un exemplaire du manuscrit, des figures et des tableaux.)

The purpose of this work was to evaluate the results of phacoalternative., Method: This was a four-month analytical descriptive study. Our variables were socio-demographic, clinical, paraclinical and evolving. Patients operated by Phacoalternative during the study, having consented, were included. Not included were the operated patients who did not follow up., Result: The average age was 61.37 ± 8.3 years, the sex ratio 1.06 of which 63.9% came from Conakry, 57.6% were out of school and 39.9% were housewives. Diabetes was the most common comorbidity 23.75%. The fundus was inaccessible in 66.4%. The average biometrics were 22.60D. The right eye was more operated on or 53.5%. The most common postoperative complication was the 4.5% cloudy cornea. There were no complications at D1 in 88.3% and at D14 in 98.8%. The mean of preoperative Astigmatism 1.07D < to the mean of postoperative astigmatism 1.6D.Preoperative visual acuity was < 1/10 in 78.8%, between 1/10 - 2/10 in 11.5% and ≥ 3/10 in 9.7%. Postoperative visual acuity was < 1/10 in 2.0%, between 1/10 - 2/10 in 10.0% and ≥ 3/10 in 88.0%., Conclusion: The phacoalternative is the ideal method. However, the acquisition of Phacoemulsifiers could improve these results., (Le comité de rédaction se réserve le droit de renvoyer aux auteurs avant toute soumission à l'avis des lecteurs les manuscrits qui ne seraient pas conformes à ces modalités de présentation. En outre il leur conseille de conserver un exemplaire du manuscrit, des figures et des tableaux.)