Atypical presentation and transabdominal treatment of chylothorax complicating esophagectomy for cancer

Chylotorax is a relatively uncommon and difficult to treat complication after esophagectomy for cancer. We report a case of a young adult male who underwent neoadjuvant chemoradiationtherapy followed by Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy for a squamous-cell carcinoma of the distal esophagus. During the postop...

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Autores principales: Rottoli, Matteo, Russo, Iris S, Bernardi, Daniele, Bonavina, Luigi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3277471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22273581
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-7-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3277471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22273581
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-7-9

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