Chylous ascites caused by resection of a choledochal cyst

• Main Authors: Tatsuzo Mizukami (Author), Tadao Okada (Author), Shohei Honda (Author), Hisayuki Miyagi (Author), Masashi Minato (Author), Satoru Todo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chylous ascites is a rare complication of abdominal surgery in children. Particularly, reports of postoperative chylous ascites are rare. This report describes the very rare case of a 10-month-old girl complicated by chylous ascites after resection of a choledochal cyst with a Roux-en-Y hepaticojeju...