Thoracoscopic treatment of postoperative chylothorax after coronary bypass surgery.
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- 1 December 1994
- Vol. 49 (12) , 1273
- https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.49.12.1273
Abstract
Chylothorax after sternotomy for aortocoronary bypass surgery is a rare but serious complication. To avoid lateral thoracotomy a left sided thoracoscopy was performed and the site of the leakage was immediately found and successfully clipped.Keywords
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