Massive fetal chylothorax successfully treated with postnatal talc pleurodesis: A case report and review of the literature

• Hoofdauteurs: Maggie M. Hodges (Auteur), Timothy M. Crombleholme (Auteur), Mariana Meyers (Auteur), Ann Kulungowski (Auteur), Ahmed I. Marwan (Auteur), Taizo Nakano (Auteur), Nicholas Behrendt (Auteur), Kenneth W. Liechty (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: Elsevier, 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Despite the rapid advances in fetal medicine and pediatric surgery, congenital chylothoraces have an associated mortality of 22-65% and an increased morbidity resulting from pulmonary hypoplasia, severe infections secondary to immune globulin deficiencies, protein malnutrition, and coagulopathy. Whi...