FREQUENCY OF CHYLOTHORAX IN CHILDREN DURING OPEN HEART SURGERY

Background: There was no definite plan to handle the after-operation production of the pleural effusion in which chyle accumulating in the pleural cavity and obstructs the thoracic duct. The handling of obstruction in thorax produced by chyle after cardiothoracic surgery would be reviewed. Methods: There were 51 patients with a medium age of eleven months. The range of the age was 04 days to 19 years. All these cases were from 1991 to 2017. The sufferers' reactions on different tests were recorded. Results: The occurrence of the after surgery chylothorax was 0.85 percent. It means fifty-one out of five thousand nine hundred and ninety-five. Its development range was zero to twenty-eight days. It caused the demise of 04 patients and other forty-seven had the chyle drain value of one hundred fifty-six millilitres per kilogram and median period was zero to eighty-nine days. Conclusions: The admission days of the children in the hospital were increased by the obstruction produced by chyle in the thoracic duct. The duration of obstruction produced by chyle in the thoracic duct can be made short by early discovery of the disease. Sufferers with the extreme condition were handled by surgeons.