Conservative treatment of a cervical chylous fistula of the minor thoracic duct after thoracic trauma

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Apostolakis, Eustratios I ^a   Kouerinis, Ilias A ^b,c   Zografos, George C ^b   Tsilimingas, Nikolaos ^b   Dougenis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHYLE; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DRAIN; FISTULA; HUMAN; LAVAGE; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC DUCT; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLAVICLE; FRACTURE; HORNER SYNDROME; INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CLAVICLE; FISTULA; FRACTURES, BONE; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL; THORACIC DUCT;

EID: 67651062403     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000233648.49907.25     Document Type: Article

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