Bilateral chylothorax following neck dissection: A new method of treatment

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 381-384

  Al Sebeih, Khalid ^a   Sadeghi, Nader ^a   Al Dhahri, Saleh ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chylothorax; Neck dissection; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

SOMATOSTATIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MALE; MORBIDITY; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHYLOTHORAX; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; NECK; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 0035046750     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940111000416     Document Type: Article

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