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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 100, 621-623, Copyright © 1990 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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Pleuroperitoneal shunt for persistent pleural drainage after Fontan procedure

RM Sade and HB Wiles
Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.

Persistent effusions of chylous fluid may prolong the hospitalization period of many patients who have had a Fontan procedure. Herein we report the case histories of two patients in whom use of a pleuroperitoneal shunt to control the effusion shortened the hospital stay by several weeks.

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