Affiliation:
1. Division of Surgery, Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham B29 6JD, UK
Abstract
Postoperative chylothorax in a patient who was rapidly deteriorating despite conservative treatment is described. A system of recycling chyle from the pleural space through a filter and pump into the subclavian vein is discussed. The history of reinfusion of chyle is reviewed.
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,Surgery
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