ArticleInternational journal of surgery case reports2016
Chlyous leak after radical oesophagectomy: Thoracic duct lymphangiography and embolisation (TDE)-A case report.
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- Intervention lymphatic leakage after esophageal surgery due to esophageal cancer: A case report.Radiology case reports · 2024Article
- ASO Author Reflections: Chyle Leak after Axillary Node Clearance in Breast Cancer Surgery, a Successful Management Approach from Leading Centres.Annals of surgical oncology · 2022Article
- Chyle Leak After Axillary Node Clearance in Breast Cancer Surgery-A Rare Complication and a Proposed Management Strategy from the British and Italian Experience.Annals of surgical oncology · 2022Review
- Chyle Leak After Axillary Node Clearance in Breast Cancer Surgery-A Rare Complication and a Proposed Management Strategy from the British and Italian Experience.Annals of surgical oncology · 2022Review
- LIPIODOL LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY AND EMBOLIZATION OF CHYLOUS ASCITES AFTER PANCREATODUODENECTOMY.Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2022Article
- Radiological management of postoperative lymphorrhea.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2021Review
- Localization of thoracic duct using heavily T2W MRI for intractable post-esophagectomy chylothorax-a case report.Journal of thoracic disease · 2017Article
- Scourge of tuberculosis: A rare case of simultaneous chylothorax and chylous ascites.Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest SocietyArticle
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Abstract
introductionChyle leak after oesophagectomy is highly morbid and may carry significant mortality if treatment is delayed. Identification of the site of leakage and surgery may be plagued by failure. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We describe a case of chyle leak after oesophagectomy. Lymphangiography revealed the site of chyle leak to be an aberrant duct that would have been difficult to identify surgically. Radiological coiling and embolization successfully treated the leak. DISCUSSION: The gold standard for treatment of chyle leak or chylothorax after oesophagectomy was a re-operation, either open or throracoscopic, to ligate the thoracic duct. The interventional radiological technique employed in our case was not only efficacious in stopping the leak, but had the added advantage of identifying the site and highlighting the anatomy hence avoiding a morbid reoperation. The literature is reviewed.
conclusionThe report and review confirm that lymphangiography followed by coiling and embolization for chylothorax post oesophagectomy is safe and effective in a majority of cases.
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