[Conservative treatment of postoperative chylothorax in a patient with chronic traumatic aneurysm of thoracic aorta].
A 66-year-old male was admitted to our hospital because of a chronic traumatic aneurysm of the thoracic aorta caused by a traffic accident 5 years earlier. Although he had been treated successfully by patch closure under extracorporeal circulation, chylothorax gradually manifested 9 days after the operation. The fact that our conservative treatment resulted in complete recovery from chylothorax, strongly suggested that progress of nutriology was a contributing factor.
Yoh
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Department of Surgery I, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan.
Ohnuki
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T
Itaoka
T
T
Atachi
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T
Mae
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M
Chino
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K
Nishiuchi
M
M
Nitta
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S
D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000293:injuries*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*