title: Thoracic duct fistula after thyroid cancer surgery: towards a new treatment?
abstract: The use of somatostatin analogs is a new conservative therapeutic approach for the treatment of chyle fistulas developing after thyroid cancer surgery. The combination therapy with a total parenteral nutrition should avoid the high morbidity of a re-intervention with an uncertain outcome. This promising trend is supported by the present case report of a chyle leak occurring after total thyroidectomy with central and lateral neck dissection for a papillary carcinoma, which was treated successfully without immediate or distant sequelae.
authors: Department of Surgical Oncology, Paul Strauss Cancer Center, Strasbourg, France.
authors: Jean-François
authors: JF
authors: Rodier
authors: Pierre-Philippe
authors: PP
authors: Volkmar
authors: Frédéric
authors: F
authors: Bodin
authors: Séverine
authors: S
authors: Frigo
authors: Sait
authors: S
authors: Ciftci
authors: Christian
authors: C
authors: Dahlet