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  MO02 - General Thoracic and Minimally Invasive Surgery (ID 99)

  • Event: WCLC 2013
  • Type: Mini Oral Abstract Session
  • Track: Surgery
  • Presentations: 1
  • Moderators:M. Tajiri, M. Krasnik
  • Coordinates: 10/28/2013, 10:30 - 12:00, Parkside 110 A+B, Level 1

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    MO02.03 - Surgical intervention strategy for postoperative chylothorax after lung resection - clinical analysis of fifty patients who developed postoperative chylothorax (ID 3321)

    10:40 - 10:45  |  Author(s): Y. Miyasaka
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    Background
    Chylothorax is a rare but well-known complication of general thoracic surgery. This study evaluated our treatment strategy for postoperative chylothorax and identified associated predictors.

    Methods
    We retrospectively reviewed 1235 patients who underwent lung resection and systematic mediastinal lymph node dissection for primary lung cancer at our department from January 2008 to September 2012. Postoperative chylothorax patients were analyzed. Chylothorax was diagnosed by the milky aspect of drainage fluid and confirmed by an elevated triglyceride level (>110 mg/dL) in the drainage fluid. We initially treated chylothorax patients conservatively with low fat diet (fat intake < 20 g/day). If this treatment was judged to be ineffective, we tried to do complete oral intake cessation or surgical intervention. Comparisons between conservative and surgical intervention groups were analyzed using Fisher’s exact test. Univariate and multivariate analysis of predictors for surgical intervention was performed using logistic regression analysis. Value of p<0.05 were considered statistically significant.

    Results
    Fifty patients (4.0%) developed postoperative chylothorax. There were 35 men and 15 women with a median age of 63 years (range 33 to 81 years). The operative procedures were pneumonectomy in 2 cases, bilobectomy in 5 cases, lobectomy in 32 cases, segmentectomy in 1 case, and sleeve lobectomy in 10 cases. Forty-one patients (82%) cured with conservative treatment. These patients continued a low fat diet for one month. The remaining 9 patients (8%) underwent surgical intervention at a median of 5.5 days after diagnosis (range 3 to 12 days). Postoperative chest tube drainage (ml/h) until first oral intake was significantly greater in the surgical intervention group than conservative group (37.4±15.7 ml/h vs. 24.7±9.7 ml/h; p=0.003). In multivariate analysis, postoperative chest tube drainage (ml/h) until first oral intake was significant predictor for the chylothorax patient required surgical intervention (p=0.012, Hazard Ratio 1.110, 95% Confidence Interval 1.024-1.205). Four patients (8%) had chest tube drainage exceeding 45 ml/h until first oral intake. Among them 3 patients (75%) required surgical intervention.

    Conclusion
    Postoperative chest tube drainage (ml/h) was independent predictor for surgical intervention in postoperative chylothorax patients. If postoperative chest tube drainage exceed 45 ml/h until first oral intake, we should suspect postoperative chylothorax and consider early surgical intervention.

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