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Chemical pleurodesis and somatostatin in treating spontaneous chylothorax in pediatric patients: a retrospective analysis and review of the literature
BACKGROUND: Chylothorax is a rare disease, defined as an abnormal accumulation of chylous lymphatic effusion in thoracic cavity, with a high mortality rate in pediatric patients. At present, there are few studies on the treatment of pediatric chylothorax, and conservative treatments like somatostati...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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AME Publishing Company
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7475317/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32953553 http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/tp-20-199 |