[Successful management of severe unremitting chylothorax after thoraci trauma].
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.
Baratti
Cinzia
C
Ospedale Luigi Sacco U.O.C Chirurgia Generale I, Milano. drbaratticinzia@yahoo.it
Roscio
Francesco
F
Ciccarese
Francesco
F
Massara
Paolo Previde
PP
De Simone
Alessia
A
Ferla
Fabio
F
Pizzi
Mattia
M
Santambrogio
Luigi
L
Trabucchi
Emilio
E
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