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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:1981-1982
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Loculated Neonatal Chylothorax Treated With Octreotide: Complete Recovery While on Unrestricted Full Fat Breast Milk

Charles C. Roehr, MD, Andreas Jung, MD, Oliver A. Curcin, MD, Hans Proquitte, MD, Hannes Hammer, MD, Roland R. Wauer, MD

Department of Neonatology, Charité Campus Mitte, Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Schumannstr. 20-21, Berlin, 10098 Germany

(Email: christoph.roehr@charite.de).

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To the Editor:

We have read the article by Hamdan and Gaeta [1] with great interest. Their report of successfully initiating breast milk in a child treated with octreotide (OCT) for postoperative chylothorax addresses an important question regarding the adjuvant treatment of such children. In such patients, medical treatment will almost exclusively include total parenteral nutrition (TPN); however, this bears the risk of infection and hepatotoxicity. Therefore, any means to avoid or shorten the duration of TPN . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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