16 January 2025
: Case report 
Managing Chyle Leakage Following Right Retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy: A Case Study
Unusual clinical course, Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment
Qingfei Xing AE 1, Li He B 2, Tingshuai Cao C 1, Chunhai Hu D 1, Xiaoteng Liu F 3*DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.945469
Am J Case Rep 2025; 26:e945469
Figure 4. Daily postoperative drain output of patient. On postoperative day 1, the drain output was 50 mL of sero-sanguinous fluid. The retroperitoneal space drainage began to increase on the second day after the operation when eating began, which included fat. On postoperative day (POD) 3, the patient had milky white turbid drainage fluid (approximately 400 mL). The patient was fed a high-protein, fat-restricted diet. In addition, 3 mg somatostatin acetate was administered daily. On POD 6, the chyle leak had decreased to 200 m; on POD 8 it was 90 ml; on POD 10 it was 30 mL, and on POD 11 it had almost completelt stopped.