title: Thoracoscopic treatment of primary chylopericardium.
abstract: The development of video-assisted thoracoscopy has changed the practice of thoracic surgery. This report describes a 20-year-old man who successfully underwent thoracoscopic thoracic duct ligation and partial pericardiectomy for primary chylopericardium. We recommend a right-sided thoracoscopic approach to the thoracic duct in the lower thoracic cavity.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Otani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morishita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000601:surgery*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000601:surgery; D013897:Thoracic Duct / Q000601:surgery; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013906:Thoracoscopy