Chemical Pleurodesis Using a Viscum album Extract in an Infant with Postoperative Chylothorax: A Case Report

Chylothorax after thoracic surgery is a rare complication, and treatment for refractory chylothorax is challenging. We report a case of chylothorax after cardiothoracic surgery in an infant after failure of conservative management and thoracic duct ligation. The patient underwent chemical pleurodesi...

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Autores principales: Yun, Taeyoung, Kwon, Hye Won, Park, Samina, Kim, Woong-Han
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8824644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34963673
http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/jcs.21.091
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author Yun, Taeyoung
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description Chylothorax after thoracic surgery is a rare complication, and treatment for refractory chylothorax is challenging. We report a case of chylothorax after cardiothoracic surgery in an infant after failure of conservative management and thoracic duct ligation. The patient underwent chemical pleurodesis with a Viscum album extract. The treatment was successful and chylothorax did not recur.
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spelling pubmed-88246442022-02-17 Chemical Pleurodesis Using a Viscum album Extract in an Infant with Postoperative Chylothorax: A Case Report Yun, Taeyoung Kwon, Hye Won Park, Samina Kim, Woong-Han J Chest Surg Case Report Chylothorax after thoracic surgery is a rare complication, and treatment for refractory chylothorax is challenging. We report a case of chylothorax after cardiothoracic surgery in an infant after failure of conservative management and thoracic duct ligation. The patient underwent chemical pleurodesis with a Viscum album extract. The treatment was successful and chylothorax did not recur. The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2022-02-05 2022-02-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8824644/ /pubmed/34963673 http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/jcs.21.091 Text en Copyright © 2022, The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Chemical Pleurodesis Using a Viscum album Extract in an Infant with Postoperative Chylothorax: A Case Report
title Chemical Pleurodesis Using a Viscum album Extract in an Infant with Postoperative Chylothorax: A Case Report
title_full Chemical Pleurodesis Using a Viscum album Extract in an Infant with Postoperative Chylothorax: A Case Report
title_fullStr Chemical Pleurodesis Using a Viscum album Extract in an Infant with Postoperative Chylothorax: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Chemical Pleurodesis Using a Viscum album Extract in an Infant with Postoperative Chylothorax: A Case Report
title_short Chemical Pleurodesis Using a Viscum album Extract in an Infant with Postoperative Chylothorax: A Case Report
title_sort chemical pleurodesis using a viscum album extract in an infant with postoperative chylothorax: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8824644/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/jcs.21.091
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