Thoracoscopic ligation of a thoracic duct leakage.

Zoetmulder, F; Rutgers, E; Baas, P · Chest · 1994

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A patient in whom a chylothorax developed 4 years after treatment of a soft-tissue sarcoma by resection and radiotherapy is described. The thoracic duct leak could be identified and closed by thoracoscopic intervention.

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