Treatment of Chylothorax complicating pulmonary resection with hypertonic glucose Pleurodesis

Abstract Background To retrospectively assess the efficacy of hypertonic glucose pleurodesis for treatment of chylothorax after pulmonary resection. Methods Out of a total of 8252 patients who underwent pulmonary resection (at least lobectomy) at department of thoracic surgery, between June 2008 and...

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Main Authors: Kejian Zhang, Changyuan Li, Mingrui Zhang, Yang Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-021-01462-6