A Case of Chylorrhea Occurred after Sternotomy and Patch Closure of an Atrial Septal Defect / 日本心臓血管外科学会雑誌
Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
;
: 178-181, 1995.
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in Japanese
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| ID: wpr-366125
ABSTRACT
A case of chylorrhea arising after median sternotomy for treatment of atrial septal defect was reported. The patient was a 55-year-old male, who had visited our outpatient clinic with a complaint of edema in the bilateral lower legs in June 1990. Under a diagnosis of atrial septal defect, a patch closure was performed in November. On the 5th postoperative day, a full liquid diet was started. Two hours and a half after the food intake, the drainage from a tube inserted into the anterior mediastinum turned milky white. Chylorrhea was diagnosed. The patient was placed in N.P.O. and maintained by an intravenous hyperalimentation. Drainage of 250-350ml/day milky white fluid persisted until the 14th postoperative day, when a 5cm removal of the mediastinal tube resulted in dramatic decrease in drainage. Thus chylorrhea in this case was cured by conservative treatment.
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Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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1995
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