Post-mastectomy chylous fistula: Anatomical and clinical implications

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 413-415

  Purkayastha, Joydeep ^a   Hazarika, Sidhartha ^a   Kar, Madhabananda ^a   Shukla, N K ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Chylous fistula; Modified radical mastectomy; Thoracic duct

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; AXILLARY VEIN; CASE REPORT; CHYLE; CHYLE FISTULA; DIET; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MASTECTOMY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE FLAP; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SUTURE; THORACIC DUCT;

CHYLE; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042702815     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.10239     Document Type: Article

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