| Cesarean delivery with postnatal high-frequency ventilation immediately after thoracocentesis for a fetus with intractable congenital chylothorax. |
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Gwang Jun Kim, Eun Sil Lee |
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. gjkim@cau.ac.kr
2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Incheon St. Mari's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea. |
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| Abstract |
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We experienced a case of fetus with congenital chylothorax who treated with thoracocentesis immediately followed by cesarean delivery with high frequency ventilation therapy after treatment failure by serial thoracocentesis and pleurodesis with OK-432. This approach achieved an effective control. So we suggest that cesarean delivery along with postnatal high-frequency ventilation immediately after thoracocentesis can be considered in a fetus with intractable congenital chylothorax. |
| Key Words:
Chylothorax, Thoracocentesis, OK-432 |
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