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Published on: July 18, 2014
Treatment of chylothorax developed after congenital heart disease surgery: a case report
Ozgul Bulut1, Doruk Gul1, Sibel Sevuk1
1Department of Neonatology, Istanbul Medeniyet University Goztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Abstract:
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.
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