Prospective identification of chyle leakage in patients undergoing lateral neck dissection for metastatic thyroid cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 424-429

  Roh, Jong Lyel ^a   Kim, Dong Hyun ^b   Park, Chan I L ^b  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chyle leakage; Incidence; Management; Metastatic thyroid cancer; Neck dissection

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHYLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SUTURE; THYROID CANCER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; THYROID TUMOR; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHYLE; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 40649086454     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9692-1     Document Type: Article

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