Primary chylopericardium treated with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
Here, we report on a 30-year-old female with primary chylopericardium who successfully underwent thoracic duct clipping and partial pericardiectomy using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Recently, a few cases of this disease have been treated utilizing VATS. This is a fully detailed description of the treatment of primary chylopericardium including a description of intraoperative findings and photographs obtained during the course of VATS.
Watanabe
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Second Department of Surgery, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima, Japan. Shun@khosp2.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
Kariatsumari
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Sakasegawa
K
K
Imagama
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I
Yotsumoto
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G
Sakata
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R
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000601:surgery*; D010491:Pericardial Window Techniques; D010496:Pericardium / Q000601:surgery; D013897:Thoracic Duct / Q000601:surgery; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted