Management of chyle fistula utilizing thoracoscopic ligation of the thoracic duct

ORL

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 148-154

  Gunnlaugsson, Chad B ^a   Iannettoni, Mark D ^a   Yu, Bo ^a   Chepeha, Douglas B ^a   Teknos, Theodoros N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chyle leak; Chylothorax; Thoracic duct; Thoracoscopic ligation

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN;

ADULT; AGITATION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CHYLE; CHYLOTHORAX; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FISTULA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LIGATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORACIC DUCT; THORACOSCOPY; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TONSILLECTOMY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

CHYLE; FISTULA; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; THORACIC DUCT; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 4444349743     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079335     Document Type: Review

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