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Chylothorax as a complication of cardiac surgery in children; when is medical or surgical intervention warranted?

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In [paediatric patients who develop chylothorax as a complication of congenital cardiac surgery] is [either prompt medical or surgical intervention the most effective] at [resolving the chylous effusion]?