Treatment of postoperative chylothorax with intrapleural fibrin glue.
Two patients with chylothorax after pulmonary resection for lung cancer were successfully treated without thoracotomy by injection of fibrin glue components into the pleural cavity. This new technique for closing the chylous leak is described.
Akaogi
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Department of Surgery, University of Tsukuba, University Hospital, Japan.
Mitsui
K
K
Sohara
Y
Y
Endo
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S
Ishikawa
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S
Hori
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M
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D007611:Aprotinin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004338:Drug Combinations / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005176:Factor XIII / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D015718:Fibrin Tissue Adhesive; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D013917:Thrombin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014014:Tissue Adhesives / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D004338:Drug Combinations; D015718:Fibrin Tissue Adhesive; D014014:Tissue Adhesives; D005340:Fibrinogen; D005176:Factor XIII; D007611:Aprotinin; D013917:Thrombin