title: Treatment of postoperative chylothorax through laparoscopic thoracic duct ligation.
abstract: We report the laparoscopic transhiatal thoracic duct ligation to solve postoperative chylothorax after right total pleurectomy for malignant diffuse mesothelioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery and Chief of Lung Transplantation, Italian Hospital, Gascon 450, Buenos Aires, Argentina. bcvassallo@hitalba.edu.ar
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Vassallo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cavadas
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Beveraggi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sivori
mesh_terms: D002916:Chylothorax / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008026:Ligation; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013897:Thoracic Duct / Q000601:surgery*