Prevention of chylothorax complicating extensive esophageal resection by mass ligation of thoracic duct: A random control study

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1770-1774

  Lai, Fan Cai ^a   Chen, Long ^a   Tu, Yuan Rong ^a   Lin, Min ^a   Li, Xu ^a  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CHYLOTHORAX; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC DUCT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHYLOTHORAX; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC DUCT;

EID: 79957677483     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.02.070     Document Type: Article

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