| Autor: |
Gómez-Caro Andrés A; Servicio de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain. ABELITOV@yahoo.es, Marrón Fernández C, Moradiellos Díez FJ, Díaz-Hellín Gude V, Pérez Antón JA, Martín de Nicolás JL |
| Jazyk: |
Spanish; Castilian |
| Zdroj: |
Archivos de bronconeumologia [Arch Bronconeumol] 2004 Oct; Vol. 40 (10), pp. 473-5. |
| DOI: |
10.1016/s1579-2129(06)60357-1 |
| Abstrakt: |
Postoperative chylothorax after lung resection is a major problem leading to morbidity and mortality and requiring reoperation in a large number of cases. The most advisable and least aggressive option is conservative management in progressive stages: a diet rich in medium-chain fatty acids and/or total parenteral nutrition, in addition to chest tube drainage. Including octreotide in this regimen seems to be related to a higher success rate without the need for surgery. We report a case in which the effectiveness and safety of octreotide in the resolution of postoperative chylothorax was excellent. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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