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Ann Thorac Surg 1989;48:195-200
© 1989 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Pleuroperitoneal shunts in the management of persistent chylothorax

Michael C. Murphy, MD, Barry M. Newman, MD, Bradley M. Rodgers, MD*

Department of Surgery, Children's Medical Center, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Virginia USA

* Address reprint requests to Dr Rodgers, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA 22908.

Between Jane 1981 and June 1988, we placed pleuroperitoneal shunts in 16 patients for the management of refractory chylothorax on the Pediatric Surgical Service, University of Virginia. The cause of the chylothorax was caval thrombosis from central venous catheters in 5 patients, idiopathic in 3, and mediastinal lymphangioma in 2, and in 6, it developed after a cardiac procedure. Chylothorax in each patient was unresponsive to thoracentesis, tube thoracostomy, and dietary manipulations. A Denver double-valved shunt system is currently employed and is implanted using general anesthesia. Manual pumping is required postoperatively for several months. Twelve (75%) of the 16 patients had excellent results with complete elimination of the chylothorax and resolution of symptoms. In 10 of these 12, the shunt has been removed. Four had an unsatisfactory result: 3 had inferior vena cava hypertension, and 3 were low-birth-weight premature infants. Four patients seen early in this series required revision of the position of the pleural catheter, with successful drainage in each instance. Pleuroperitoneal shunting is a safe, simple, and effective treatment of chylothorax in infants and children. In view of our success in treating chylothorax with these shunts, we recommend early shunting before the development of nutritional immunological depletion.




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