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Post-Operative Chylothorax in Children Undergoing Congenital Heart Surgery

Chylothorax is a rare postoperative complication of congenital heart surgery. It has high morbidity with increased hospital stay and cost of treatment. Damage to the thoracic duct, disruption of accessory lymphatic vessels, and increased venous pressure exceeding that in the thoracic duct have been...

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Published in:Cureus
Main Author: Ahmed, Mehnaz Atiq
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Cureus 2021
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8038894/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33859882
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13811
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