Persistent chyle leak following radical neck dissection: A solution that can be the solution

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 379-

  Muthusami, John C ^a   Raj, John P ^a   Gladwin, D ^a   Gaikwad, Pranay ^a   Sylvester, Shalom ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Case report; Chyle leak; Management

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYANOACRYLATE; FIBRIN GLUE; SEALANT; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHYLE; CHYLE LEAK; DEBRIDEMENT; DRAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MUSCLE FLAP; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; WOUND DRESSING;

ABSCESS; CHYLE; CYANOACRYLATES; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NECK DISSECTION; TISSUE ADHESIVES;

EID: 28844491813     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/1478708051766     Document Type: Article

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