High output chyle leak after neck surgery: the role of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 478-480

  Abdel Galil, Khalid ^a   Milton, Richard ^b   McCaul, James ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chylous fistula; Thoracic duct; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHYLE; DESCENDING AORTA; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC DUCT; THORACOSCOPY; THROMBOSIS; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

CHYLOTHORAX; FISTULA; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; SURGICAL FLAPS; THORACIC DUCT; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 68349131761     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2009.04.030     Document Type: Article

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