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Table 1 Reported cases of chylothorax diagnosed after coronary artery bypass grafting

From: Yellow nail syndrome with chylothorax after coronary artery bypass grafting

Reference

Year

Sex

Age

Procedure

L ITA

R ITA

Chylothorax site

POD

Outcome with conservative tx

Octreotide?

Surgical tx

Weber [10]

1981

M

55

CABG

Yes

No

L & M

2

Resolved after 12d

No

None

Zakhour [11]

1981

M

73

CABG

Yes

No

L

90

Resolved after 21d

No

None

Zakhour [11]

1981

M

59

CABG

No

No

L & M

2

Resolved after 5d

No

None

Kshettry [12]

1981

M

51

CABG

No

No

L

30

Resolved after 4d

No

None

Teba [13]

1985

F

51

CABG/MVR

No

No

L

7

Resolved after 17d

No

None

Di Lello [14]

1987

M

53

CABG

Yes

No

L

9

Failed after 31d

No

L thoracotomy-fibrin glue

Czarnecki [15]

1988

F

61

CABG

Yes

Yes

R

42

Failed after 10d

No

R thoracotomy-ligation at diaphragm

Chaiyaroji [16]

1991

F

69

CABG

Yes

No

L

6

Failed after 18d

No

L thoracotomy-ligation at injury

Inderbitzi [17]

1992

M

69

CABG/Redo

UK

UK

L

2

Failed after 21d

No

Left VATS - fibrin glue

Bogers [18]

1993

M

41

CABG

Yes

No

L

1

Failed after 35d

No

L thoracotomy-ligation at injury

Janssen [19]

1994

M

58

CABG

Yes

No

L

35

Failed after 14d

No

L VATS-ligation at injury

Davies [20]

1994

M

48

CABG

Yes

No

L

21

Resolved after 28d

No

None

Wood [21]

1994

M

69

CABG

Yes

No

L

3

Failed after 7d

No

L VATS-ligation at injury

Smith [22]

1994

M

60

CABG

Yes

No

L

14

Resolved after 15d

No

None

Smith [22]

1994

M

47

CABG

Yes

No

L

7

Resolved after 14d

No

None

Zaidenstein [23]

1996

F

70

CABG

Yes

No

L

42

Resolved after 16d

No

None

Felz [24]

1997

F

50

CABG

Yes

No

L

56

Resolved after 59d

No

None

Mohanty [25]

1998

M

56

CABG

Yes

No

L

8

Resolved after 22d

No

Attempted wiring of dehisced sternum on day 9 after diagnosis

Sharpe [26]

1999

F

63

CABG

No

No

L & M

11

Resolved after 14d

No

None

Perez [27]

1999

M

68

CABG/AVR

UK

UK

L

10

Resolved after 10d

No

None

Pego-Fernandez [28]

1999

M

38

CABG

Yes

No

L

90

Resolved after 17d

No

None

Kelly [29]

2000

M

77

CABG

Yes

No

L

18

Resolved after 14d

Yes

None

Fahimi [30]

2001

M

49

CABG

Yes

No

L

UK

Failed after 14d

No

L VATS-fibrin glue

Fahimi [30]

2001

M

51

CABG

Yes

No

L

UK

Resolved after 14d

No

None

Brancaccio [31]

2001

M

64

CABG

Yes

No

L

6

Resolved after 11d

No

None

Abid [32]

2003

M

58

CABG

Yes

No

L

3

Failed after 8d

No

Talc slurry pleurodesis

Riquet [33]

2004

F

59

CABG

Yes

No

L

UK

Failed after 78d

No

L thoracotomy-ligation at injury

Gabbieri [34]

2004

F

67

CABG

Yes

No

L

10

Resolved after 28d

Yes

None

Kilic [35]

2005

F

66

CABG

Yes

No

L

12

Resolved after 10d

Yes

None

Falode [36]

2005

F

68

CABG/ASD

Yes

No

L

3

Failed after 60d

No

L VATS-dry talc pleurodesis

Barbetakis [37]

2005

M

78

CABG

Yes

No

L

27

Resolved after 13d

Yes

None

Halldorsson [38]

2006

F

47

CABG

No

No

R

10

Resolved after 10d

No

None

Choong [39]

2006

M

63

CABG

Yes

No

L

2

Failed after 35d

No

R thoracotomy-ligation at diaphragm

Narayan [40]

2007

F

65

CABG/MVR

Yes

No

UK

1

Failed after 3d

Yes

Median sternotomy-ligation at injury

Paul [41]

2009

M

65

CABG

UK

UK

L

UK

Failed after 14d

UK

R thoracotomy-thoracic duct ligation

Karimi [42]

2010

M

53

CABG

Yes

No

L

2

Resolved after 27d

No

None

Deguchi [43]

2013

F

78

CABG

Yes

Yes

R

3

Failed after 10d

Yes

Median sternotomy-ligation at injury

Altun [44]

2015

M

60

CABG

Yes

No

UK

2

Resolved after 13d

Yes

None

Altun [44]

2015

M

46

CABG

Yes

No

UK

3

Resolved after 14d

Yes

None

Owais [45]

2015

F

76

CABG

Yes

No

L

15

Resolved after 7d

Yes

None

Sabzi [7]

2017

M

43

CABG

Yes

No

L

0

Resolved after 10d

No

None

  1. Abbreviations: M = Male, F = Female, ITA = internal thoracic artery, L = Left, R = Right, M = Mediastinum, UK = Unknown, POD = “post-operative day” when chylothorax was diagnosed, d = days, tx = treatment, CABG = coronary artery bypass graft, MVR = mitral valve replacement, AVR = Aortic Valve Replacement, ASD = Atrial Septal Defect repair, VATS = video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
  2. An updated adaptation from Halldorsson [38] and Deguchi [43]