1 Mar 2007Case Report
Successful management of severe unremitting chylothorax after thoraci trauma
Cinzia Baratti 1Francesco Roscio 1Francesco Ciccarese 1Paolo Massara 1Alessia Simone 1Fabio Ferla 1Mattia Pizzi 1Luigi Santambrogio 2Emilio Trabucchi 1
Affiliations
Article Info
1 Ospedale “Luigi Sacco” U.O.C. Chirurgia Generale I; Cattedra di Chirurgia Generale, Università degli Studi di Milano
2 I.R.C.C.S. Ospedale Maggiore di Milano, U.O.C. Chirurgia Toracica, Milano
Ann. Ital. Chir., 2007, 78(2), 125-128;
Published: 1 Mar 2007
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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.
Keywords
- Chilothorax
- Thoracic trauma
