Postesophagectomy chylothorax: Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 897-904

  Shah, Rachit D ^a   Luketich, James D ^a   Schuchert, Matthew J ^a   Christie, Neil A ^a   Pennathur, Arjun ^a   Landreneau, Rodney J ^a   Nason, Katie S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHYLOTHORAX; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; POSTESOPHAGECTOMY CHYLOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CHYLOTHORAX; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857584899     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.10.060     Document Type: Article

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