Chylothorax after oesophagectomy

Chylothorax after oesophagectomy

Chylothorax is an uncommon complication of oesophagectomy. In a review of 537 oesophageal resections there were 11 cases ofchylothorax, an incidence of 2·0 per cent. There was no correlation with site, size, penetration, lymph node status, length or type of tumour but there was a significant correla...

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Veröffentlicht in:British journal of surgery 1991-05, Vol.78 (5), p.587-588
Hauptverfasser: Bolger, C., Walsh, T. N., Tanner, W. A., Keeling, P., Hennessy, T. P. J.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Biological and medical sciences
Chylothorax - epidemiology
Chylothorax - etiology
Chylothorax - mortality
Chylothorax - therapy
Drainage
Esophageal Fistula - etiology
Esophagus - surgery
Humans
Incidence
Medical sciences
Postoperative Complications - etiology
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
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Zusammenfassung:Chylothorax is an uncommon complication of oesophagectomy. In a review of 537 oesophageal resections there were 11 cases ofchylothorax, an incidence of 2·0 per cent. There was no correlation with site, size, penetration, lymph node status, length or type of tumour but there was a significant correlation between chylothorax and the type of operative procedure carried out. The incidence in 95 transhiatal resections was 10·5 per cent. The incidence following 442 transthoracic procedures was 0·2 per cent (P
ISSN:0007-1323
1365-2168
DOI:10.1002/bjs.1800780521