To stady the diagnosis and management of traumatic chylous ascites.
Methods :Retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical dada of 11 cases of traumatic chylous ascites resulting from various causes.
Results:There were 5 cases of open abdominal injury, 2 cases of closed abdominal injury and 4 cases of operative injury. Nine cases were treated with operation. According to the location and extent of injury, patients were respectively managed by operation of direct repair or ligation. Two cases had non-surgical treatment. All of the11 patients were cured and had satisfactory result at 0.5~3 years of follow-up.
Conclusions:For traumatic chylous ascites,if the injurg occurrence on cisterna chili, the best treatmeat is primary repair;if injury occarrence on the small intestinal trunks or lumbar trunk, which can be treated with ligation; while blunt injury and cases found after operation are mainly treated conservatively.