[Successful treatment of a case of chylothorax, manifesting as a complication following surgical treatment of coarctation of the aorta, by using octreotide acetate; report of a case].

Chylothorax - a serious postoperative complication of thoracic surgery - is associated with high morbidity and mortality, and re-exploration is required in many such cases. A 33-year-old male patient had undergone an extra-anatomic bypass for the treatment of coarctation of the aorta. Persistent chylothorax developed as a complication postoperatively. Octreotide acetate was administered 11 days postoperatively, which resolved the chylothorax without the need for surgical intervention. The patient was discharged from our hospital without any complications at 40 days postoperatively. In the present report, we describe this case and a provide a review of the literature.