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- R A Savrin and R High.
- Surgery. 1985 Nov 1;98(5):866-9.
AbstractChylous ascites is an unusual postoperative complication that can lead to significant mechanical, nutritional, and immunologic consequences. We present the report of a patient with chylous ascites after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Paracentesis is essential for diagnosis and is often useful in the initial management of the patient with mechanical respiratory distress. Nonoperative management is appropriate, but careful attention must be given to the patient's nutritional status. Elemental diet supplementation or total parenteral nutrition may be necessary to minimize lymph flow. The sequestration of lymphocytes into the ascitic fluid may result in a profound decrease in absolute lymphocyte count. With appropriate nutritional support the prognosis of postoperative chylous ascites is excellent and reoperation rarely necessary.
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