title: Thoracoscopic treatment of postoperative chylothorax after coronary bypass surgery.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonology, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Janssen
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Joosten
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Postmus
mesh_terms: 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