Retracted: Management and overview of postoperative chylothorax after congenital cardiothoracic surgery

Dhananjay Bansal; Vaibhav Chugh; Rahul Bhushan; Javed M. Banday; Narender S. Jhajhria; Vijay Grover; Vijay K. Gupta

doi:10.18203/2349-2902.isj20195953

Authors

Dhananjay Bansal Department of Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India
Vaibhav Chugh Department of Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India
Rahul Bhushan Department of Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India
Javed M. Banday Department of Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India
Narender S. Jhajhria Department of Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India
Vijay Grover Department of Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India
Vijay K. Gupta Department of Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20195953

Keywords:

Chylothorax, Nutrition, Octreotide and thoracic duct ligation

Abstract

The article " Management and overview of postoperative chylothorax after congenital cardiothoracic surgery " is retracted by the Editor-in-Chief, on the request of corresponding author and co-authors who informed errors in data collection after departmental review and post hoc analysis. The article is retracted because the results may be affected due to the errors.

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Author Biography

Dhananjay Bansal, Department of Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India

Cardiothoracic vascular surgery (CTVS), Assistant Professor

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