... drainage, the day of maximum loss of chy-lou s and the type and duration of treatment (fatty acid-free MCT-enriched diet, TPN, octreotide, recanalisation of thrombosed veins by lysis, supraphrenic ... repeated surgery in the first year of lifeonly the data of the last operation was used forinvestigation.Treatment of chylothorax On institutional consent, most patients with chylothoraxwere ... successfully treated by lysis of a caval vein thrombosis, 2 by TPN + pleurodesis + supradiaphragmatic thoracic duct ligation, one by octreotide treatment, and two patientsfinally died.Conclusions: Chylothorax...