title: Postoperative chylothorax after pulmonary wedge resection in two patients who underwent radical neck dissection: A case report.
abstract: Postoperative chylothorax after wedge resection without mediastinal lymph node dissection is extremely rare. Herein, we report two cases: one case of postoperative chylothorax that developed after wedge resection and another of expanded collaterals detected during thoracoscopic surgery. We believe the cause of this complication to be the history of neck and pulmonary ligament dissections during pulmonary surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Katsutoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Seto
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan. h-kuroda@aichi-cc.jp.
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Noriaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakakura
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Yukinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakao
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D037981:Neck Dissection / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy
keywords: Chylothorax; radical neck dissection; wedge resection