Bilateral thoracic duct ligation for persisting postoperative chylothorax.

Rouiller, Benoît; Lutz, Jon A.; Kocher, Gregor J.; Magnusson, Lennart (2020). Bilateral thoracic duct ligation for persisting postoperative chylothorax. Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, 31(4), pp. 583-584. Oxford University Press 10.1093/icvts/ivaa128

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Herein, we report the case of a patient with persistent postoperative chylothorax despite right supradiaphragmal ligation of the thoracic duct. Computed tomography lymphangiography after lipiodol injection demonstrated a correctly ligated right thoracic duct but an anatomical variation with patent left-sided thoracic duct, which was successfully ligated afterwards by video-assisted thoracic surgery.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Further Contribution)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Thoracic Surgery
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > Forschungsbereich Mu50 > Forschungsgruppe Thoraxchirurgie

UniBE Contributor:

Rouiller, Benoît, Lutz, Jon Andri, Kocher, Gregor

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1569-9293

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Language:

English

Submitter:

Thomas Michael Marti

Date Deposited:

05 Jan 2021 14:27

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:43

Publisher DOI:

10.1093/icvts/ivaa128

PubMed ID:

33091929

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Chylothorax Lipiodol lymphangiography Treatment

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/150037

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/150037

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