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Postoperative Pleural Effusion Caused by Dextran
Author(s) -
Adoni A.,
AdattoLevy R.,
Mogle P.,
Palti Z.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1002/j.1879-3479.1980.tb00488.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pleural effusion , laparotomy , effusion , dextran , surgery , dextran 70 , biochemistry , chemistry
Dextran is widely used in order to prevent intraperitoneal adhesions during pelvic surgery. Of 25 women who underwent laparotomy and in whom dextran was instilled intra‐peritoneally, almost half developed pleural effusions. These were generally mild and required no treatment. None of a control group of 20 women developed a pleural effusion. The mechanism of this type of effusion is discussed.