Videoscopic supradiaphragmatic thoracic duct division using ultrasonic coagulator

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 828-830

  Ohtsuka, Toshiya ^a   Tanaka, Makoto ^a   Nakajima, Jun ^a   Takamoto, Shinichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chyle leak; Thoracic duct; Thoracoscopy; Ultrasonic coagulator

Indexed keywords

COAGULATING AGENT;

AGED; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHYLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; DIAPHRAGM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LYMPH VESSEL; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCALPEL; STERNUM; THORACIC DUCT; THYROIDECTOMY; TIME; VIDEORECORDER;

AGED; CHYLE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THORACIC DUCT; THORACOSCOPY; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 0036844374     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00268-3     Document Type: Article

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