title: The technique of prolonged thoracic duct drainage in transplantation.
abstract: Prolonged thoracic duct drainage as an immunosuppressive adjunct was accomplished in 96 per cent of organ recipients upon whom it was attempted.
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008196:Lymph; D008214:Lymphocytes; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation; D013897:Thoracic Duct / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery*; D014181:Transplantation Immunology; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous