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Treatment of chylothorax developed after congenital heart disease surgery: a case report

Chylothorax is defined as the accumulation of lymphatic fluid or chyle in the pleural space. Chylothorax treatment is composed of conservative; pleural drainage, termination of enteral feeding, total parenteral nutrition and supplementation with medium- chain triglycerides and surgical therapies; du...

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Autores principales: Bulut, Ozgul, Gul, Doruk, Sevuk, Sibel, Mungan, Ilke, Buyukkayhan, Derya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kare Publishing 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5175111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28058372
http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/nci.2015.58569
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Sumario:Chylothorax is defined as the accumulation of lymphatic fluid or chyle in the pleural space. Chylothorax treatment is composed of conservative; pleural drainage, termination of enteral feeding, total parenteral nutrition and supplementation with medium- chain triglycerides and surgical therapies; ductus thoracicus ligation, pleuroperitoneal shunts or pleuredesis. Nowadays, for cases among which conservative therapies fail, treatment with octreotide has been reported to be beneficial with promising results. A neonate who developed chylothorax after surgery performed for congenital heart disease was treated successfully with octreotide.