Successful management of severe unremitting chylothorax after thoraci trauma

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Cinzia Baratti
Francesco Roscio
Francesco Ciccarese
Paolo Previde Massara
Alessia De Simone
Fabio Ferla
Mattia Pizzi
Luigi Santambrogio
Emilio Trabucchi

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.

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Baratti, Cinzia, et al. “Successful Management of Severe Unremitting Chylothorax After Thoraci Trauma”. Annali Italiani Di Chirurgia, vol. 78, no. 2, Mar. 2007, pp. 125-8, https://annaliitalianidichirurgia.it/index.php/aic/article/view/2739.
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