Abstract
Chylothorax occurred in a 16-year-old girl after posterior spinal fusion and instrumentation for idiopathic scoliosis. Nonoperative management, including chest tube drainage for 26 days and total parenteral nutrition, successfully treated this unusual complication after a posterior spinal fusion.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 229-232 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Clinical orthopaedics and related research |
| Issue number | 261 |
| State | Published - Dec 1 1990 |