Thoracic Duct Ligation for Persistent Chylothorax After Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 246-252

  Nath, Dilip S ^a   Savla, Jainy ^a   Khemani, Robinder G ^a   Nussbaum, Daniel P ^a   Greene, Christina L ^a   Wells, Winfield J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHYLE; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIGATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; THORACIC DUCT; THORACIC DUCT LIGATION; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHYLOTHORAX; COHORT STUDIES; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC DUCT; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649781620     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.03.083     Document Type: Article

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