Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Crosthwaite, G L
• Joypaul, B V
• Cuschieri, A

Titel

Thoracoscopic management of thoracic duct injury

Ist Teil von

• Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1995-10, Vol.40 (5), p.303

Ort / Verlag

Scotland

Erscheinungsjahr

1995

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Thoracotomy has long been the conventional surgical approach in dealing with chylothorax due to thoracic duct injury which has been refractory to conservative treatment. The development of thoracoscopic access provides an alternative means of dealing with thoracic duct injuries thereby reducing the morbidity from thoracotomy and prolonged chylous leak. It will encourage earlier intervention in thoracic duct injury.