Late-onset chylothorax after pulmonary resection and systematic mediastinal lymph node dissection for lung cancer

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-41

  Shimizu, Kimihiro ^a   Otani, Yoshimi ^a   Ibe, Takashi ^a   Kawashima, Osamu ^a   Kamiyoshihara, Mituhiro ^a   Morishita, Yasuo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chylothorax; Late onset; Lung cancer; Postoperative complication

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHYLOTHORAX; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 14544282554     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-005-1007-5     Document Type: Article

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