title: [Successful management of severe unremitting chylothorax after thoraci trauma].
abstract: Post-traumatic chylothorax needs surgical approach when conservative treatment is not successful to reduce chyle leakage. Thoracic duct ligation requires thoracoscopic or thoracotomic access. The authors report on a surgical thoracotomic approach to a severe and unremitting thoracic duct lesion after IX and X ribs and vertebral fractures.
authors.affiliation: Ospedale Luigi Sacco U.O.C Chirurgia Generale I, Milano. drbaratticinzia@yahoo.it
authors.forename: Cinzia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baratti
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Roscio
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ciccarese
authors.forename: Paolo Previde
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Massara
authors.forename: Alessia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Simone
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferla
authors.forename: Mattia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pizzi
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Santambrogio
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Trabucchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012074:Remission Induction; D012272:Ribs / Q000293:injuries*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013908:Thoracotomy