Thoracic duct injury during esophagectomy: 20 years experience at a tertiary care center in a developing country

Thoracic duct injury is an uncommon complication of esophagectomy. Experience in managing these cases is limited to large centers performing esophagectomies in good numbers. We analyzed the prospectively maintained esophageal diseases database of patients presenting to a surgical unit between 1982 a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Diseases of the esophagus 2004-06, Vol.17 (2), p.141-145
Hauptverfasser:	Rao, D. V. L. N., Chava, S. P., Sahni, P., Chattopadhyay, T. K.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adenocarcinoma - drug therapy Adenocarcinoma - radiotherapy Adenocarcinoma - surgery Adult Aged Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - drug therapy Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - radiotherapy Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - surgery Chemotherapy, Adjuvant Chylothorax - diagnosis Chylothorax - epidemiology Chylothorax - etiology Developing Countries Drainage Esophageal Neoplasms - drug therapy Esophageal Neoplasms - radiotherapy Esophageal Neoplasms - surgery esophagectomy Esophagectomy - adverse effects Esophagectomy - methods Female Humans Incidence injury Ligation Male Middle Aged Postoperative Complications - epidemiology Postoperative Complications - etiology Radiotherapy, Adjuvant Retrospective Studies thoracic duct Thoracic Duct - injuries Thoracic Duct - surgery transhiatal transthoracic Treatment Failure
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