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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em Japonês
| WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
| ID: wpr-366125
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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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WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
Idioma:
Japonês
Revista:
Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
Ano de publicação:
1995
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Artigo