Endoscopic management of postsurgical leaks
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Conservative treatment of postsurgical lymphatic leaks with somatostatin-14.
Successful management of lymphatic leaks by continuous IV administration of somatostatin was first reported by Ulibarri and coworkers in Spain,(1) and more recently by authors from Italy(2) and Switzerland.(3) The present article reports the clinical history of two patients in whom postsurgical lymphatic leak was successfully treated after the administration of either somatostatin-14 alone (cas...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gastrointestinal Intervention
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2213-1795,2213-1809
DOI: 10.18528/gii150023