title: Treatment of chylothorax developed after congenital heart disease surgery: a case report.
abstract: Chylothorax is defined as the accumulation of lymphatic fluid or chyle in the pleural space. Chylothorax treatment is composed of conservative; pleural drainage, termination of enteral feeding, total parenteral nutrition and supplementation with medium- chain triglycerides and surgical therapies; ductus thoracicus ligation, pleuroperitoneal shunts or pleuredesis. Nowadays, for cases among which conservative therapies fail, treatment with octreotide has been reported to be beneficial with promising results. A neonate who developed chylothorax after surgery performed for congenital heart disease was treated successfully with octreotide.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatology, Istanbul Medeniyet University Goztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozgul
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bulut
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatology, Istanbul Medeniyet University Goztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Doruk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gul
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatology, Istanbul Medeniyet University Goztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sibel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sevuk
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatology, Istanbul Medeniyet University Goztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ilke
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mungan
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatology, Istanbul Medeniyet University Goztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Derya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Buyukkayhan
keywords: Chylothorax; congenital heart disease; octreotide; surgery