Kollmar O, Schilling MK, Büchler MW. Treatment of chyloperitoneum after extended lymphatic dissection during duodenopancreatectomy.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PANCREATOLOGY : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PANCREATOLOGY 2000;
27:83-7. [PMID:
10811028 DOI:
10.1385/ijgc:27:1:83]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Chyloperitoneum is a rare postoperative complication that might be caused by an interruption of chylous ducts in the mesenteric root or the cysterna chyli. Two cases of chyloperitoneum after duodenopancreatectomy are reported in the literature.
METHODS
We here report the third case that developed a chyloperitoneum 2 wk postoperatively when he resumed his normal diet.
RESULTS
The patient was treated conservatively with paracenteses and chyloperitoneum subsided thereafter.
CONCLUSIONS
Chyloperitoneum after extended duodenopancreatectomy might be treated conservatively.
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