Treatment of postoperative chylothorax through laparoscopic thoracic duct ligation.
We report the laparoscopic transhiatal thoracic duct ligation to solve postoperative chylothorax after right total pleurectomy for malignant diffuse mesothelioma.
Vassallo
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Department of Thoracic Surgery and Chief of Lung Transplantation, Italian Hospital, Gascon 450, Buenos Aires, Argentina. bcvassallo@hitalba.edu.ar
Cavadas
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D
Beveraggi
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Sivori
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E
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*