Postoperative chylous leak after a laparoscopic low anterior resection: a case report

Abstract Chylous leakage is an unusual event after abdominal surgery and even more during colorectal procedures. The management of this complication is already discussed in medical literature. In our case a laparoscopic low anterior resection to an 81-year-old woman with a sigmoid and rectum colon tumor was done. The fourth day after surgery postoperative chylous leakage was diagnosed. It was treated with suspension of oral feeding, total parenteral nutrition and Octreotide with a favorable resolution.