Chylous ascites: Treated with total parenteral nutrition and somatostatin

Figure 1 Change of drainage volume and the duration of TPN and somatostatin therapy in 5 patients. ↓The beginning and the end of TPN, ↓the beginning and the end of somatostatin therapy, ↓the beginning of food intake, ↓blockage of the fistula. A: Patient 1 who only received TPN recovered fully after 24 d of therapy; B: Patient 2 suffered from repeated recurrence though the drainage volume decreased from 2000 mL to 100 mL within 11 d; C: Chylous ascites never recurred in patient 3 after the drainage volume decreased to 80 mL within 10 d with negative qualitative analysis of chyle; D: Patient 4 recovered fully within 9 d; E: Chylous fistula of patient 5 showed refractory to therapy and was sealed with fibrin glue.