A case of congenital chylothorax treated by pleuroperitoneal drainage.
A congenital chylothorax that necessitated recurrent pleural taps was successfully treated by a pleuroperitoneal shunt that was inserted when the infant was 28 days old. Further thoracentesis was avoided and failure to thrive was overcome.
Hartmann
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Department of Paediatrics, University of Keele, North Staffordshire Hospital Centre, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom.
Samuels
M P
MP
Noyes
J P
JP
Goldstraw
P
P
Brookfield
D S
DS
Southall
D P
DP
D002916:Chylothorax / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000628:therapy*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010537:Peritoneum; D010994:Pleura; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography