Treatment of Delayed Chylothorax Complicating Oesophagectomy

Treatment of Delayed Chylothorax Complicating Oesophagectomy

A patient with carcinoma of the cardia underwent Ivor-Lewis oesophagogastrectomy. He developed right chylothorax postoperatively, which is a rare complication. Attempts to treat the chylothorax by conservative means and thoracoscopic ligation failed. Finally, pleurodesis using bleomycin successfully...

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Main Authors: Sukumar Nadesan, Teoh C. Ming, Gunasegaran Thangaveloo, Ali Yaakub Jasmi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2005-04-01
Series:Asian Journal of Surgery
Subjects:
chylothorax
oesophageal carcinoma
pleurodesis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958409602803
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spelling doaj-facfbba5f4da4e78b87fb6b10adb70622020-11-24T20:59:06ZengElsevierAsian Journal of Surgery1015-95842005-04-0128214214410.1016/S1015-9584(09)60280-3Treatment of Delayed Chylothorax Complicating OesophagectomySukumar NadesanTeoh C. MingGunasegaran ThangavelooAli Yaakub JasmiA patient with carcinoma of the cardia underwent Ivor-Lewis oesophagogastrectomy. He developed right chylothorax postoperatively, which is a rare complication. Attempts to treat the chylothorax by conservative means and thoracoscopic ligation failed. Finally, pleurodesis using bleomycin successfully sealed the leak and he was discharged.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958409602803chylothoraxoesophageal carcinomapleurodesis
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author Sukumar Nadesan
Teoh C. Ming
Gunasegaran Thangaveloo
Ali Yaakub Jasmi
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Teoh C. Ming
Gunasegaran Thangaveloo
Ali Yaakub Jasmi
Treatment of Delayed Chylothorax Complicating Oesophagectomy
Asian Journal of Surgery
chylothorax
oesophageal carcinoma
pleurodesis
author_facet Sukumar Nadesan
Teoh C. Ming
Gunasegaran Thangaveloo
Ali Yaakub Jasmi
author_sort Sukumar Nadesan
title Treatment of Delayed Chylothorax Complicating Oesophagectomy
title_short Treatment of Delayed Chylothorax Complicating Oesophagectomy
title_full Treatment of Delayed Chylothorax Complicating Oesophagectomy
title_fullStr Treatment of Delayed Chylothorax Complicating Oesophagectomy
title_full_unstemmed Treatment of Delayed Chylothorax Complicating Oesophagectomy
title_sort treatment of delayed chylothorax complicating oesophagectomy
publisher Elsevier
series Asian Journal of Surgery
issn 1015-9584
publishDate 2005-04-01
description A patient with carcinoma of the cardia underwent Ivor-Lewis oesophagogastrectomy. He developed right chylothorax postoperatively, which is a rare complication. Attempts to treat the chylothorax by conservative means and thoracoscopic ligation failed. Finally, pleurodesis using bleomycin successfully sealed the leak and he was discharged.
topic chylothorax
oesophageal carcinoma
pleurodesis
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958409602803
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