A case of a traumatic chyle leak following an acute thoracic spine injury: successful resolution with strict dietary manipulation

BACKGROUND: Chylothorax is a rare form of pleural effusion that can be associated with both traumatic and non-traumatic causes. Thoracic duct ligation is often the treatment of choice in postsurgical patients; however the optimal treatment of this disease process after traumatic injury remains uncle...

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Autores principales: Pakula, Andrea M, Phillips, Wendy, Skinner, Ruby A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3072950/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21443785
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-6-10

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3072950/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21443785
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-6-10

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