Chylothorax after off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Management strategy

Chylothorax after off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Management strategy

Chylothorax is a rare complication after cardiac surgery but is associated with morbidity and mortality. The most common cause of chylothorax is damage to or avulsion of thoracic duct by electrocautery during left internal thoracic artery harvesting for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. W...

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Main Authors: Hemant Digambar Waikar, Peter Kamalaneson, Mohamad Saleh Mohamad Zamri, Aylliath Gosalakkal Jayakrishnan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
Subjects:
Chylothorax
octreotide
off-pump coronary artery bypass graft
Online Access:http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2018;volume=21;issue=3;spage=300;epage=303;aulast=Waikar

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