Thoracic duct embolization: A new treatment for massive leak after neck dissection

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 680-683

  Patel, Neel ^a   Lewandowski, Robert J ^a   Bove, Michiel ^a   Nemcek Jr , Albert A ^a   Salem, Riad ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chylothorax; Chylous leak; Laryngectomy; Lymphangiography; Thoracic duct embolization

Indexed keywords

ETHIODIZED OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CHYLOTHORAX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; LARYNGECTOMY; LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORACIC DUCT;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHYLOTHORAX; DRAINAGE; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOVOLEMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; THORACIC DUCT;

EID: 41849091546     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31816067b8     Document Type: Article

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