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Arq. bras. cardiol
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81(3): 309-317, set. 2003. ilus
Article
in Portuguese, English
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ABSTRACT
In children, chylothorax occurs mainly after cardiac and thoracic surgeries. One of the recommended postsurgery treatments is ligation of the thoracic tract, when all other conservative treatments have failed. We report 4 cases of chylothorax in patients who were successfully treated with this approach, which resulted in a decrease in pleural drainage without recurrent chylothorax