Treatment of chylothorax by robotic thoracic duct ligation.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
This is the first report describing the use of robotic technology for the treatment of chylothorax. We present a 22-year-old with mixed embryonal cell and seminoma germ cell cancer refractory to medical and surgical treatment. The patient had rising markers and a growing left lower lung lobe metastasis. After left lower lobectomy, left-sided chylothorax developed. Conservative management failed, and a robotic right-sided thoracic duct ligation was performed. Other treatment options are reviewed.
Medical subject headings
- Lung Neoplasms
- Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
- Pneumonectomy
- Robotics
- Thoracic Duct