Thoracoscopic treatment of postoperative chylothorax after coronary bypass surgery.
Chylothorax after sternotomy for aortocoronary bypass surgery is a rare but serious complication. To avoid lateral thoracotomy a left sided thoracoscopy was performed and the site of the leakage was immediately found and successfully clipped.
Janssen
J P
JP
Department of Pulmonology, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Joosten
H J
HJ
Postmus
P E
PE
D002916:Chylothorax / Q000601:surgery*; D003250:Constriction; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013897:Thoracic Duct; D013906:Thoracoscopy