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Treatment of Postsurgical Chylothorax

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: http://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(17)31046-9/fulltext

Author(s)

Janani S. Reisenauer, Carlos A. Puig, Chris J. Reisenauer, Mark S. Allen, Emily Bendel, Stephen D. Cassivi, Francis C. Nichols, Rob K. Shen, Dennis A. Wigle, Shanda H. Blackmon

The authors review their clinical experience with management of postoperative chylothorax among 97 patients. They favor duct ligation over embolization, and recommend intervention in patients with outputs greater than 1,100/day.