Chylous ascites after radical nephrectomy and inferior vena cava thrombectomy. Successful conservative management with somatostatin analogue

European Urology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 220-222

  Leibovitch, Ilan ^a   Mor, Yoram ^a   Golomb, Jacob ^a   Ramon, Jacob ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chylous ascites; Nerphrectomy; Postoperative complications; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

OCTREOTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHYLOUS ASCITES; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY TUMOR; LUNG EMBOLISM; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CASE REPORT; CHYLOPERITONEUM; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SOMATOSTATIN; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0036487675     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-2838(01)00034-3     Document Type: Article

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