Laparoscopic management of chyle leak after Nissen fundoplication

A 41-year-old man presented with chylous ascites 6 weeks after a laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication. The chyle leak was successfully treated with laparoscopic ligation of the leaking duct at the right crus. We would now recommend early consideration of this as a treatment option for this rare compli...

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Autores principales: Powell, Gareth, Ramus, James R, Booth, Michael I
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Unusual Cases
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3401716/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22837600
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-9941.97600
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spelling pubmed-34017162012-07-26 Laparoscopic management of chyle leak after Nissen fundoplication Powell, Gareth Ramus, James R Booth, Michael I J Minim Access Surg Unusual Cases A 41-year-old man presented with chylous ascites 6 weeks after a laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication. The chyle leak was successfully treated with laparoscopic ligation of the leaking duct at the right crus. We would now recommend early consideration of this as a treatment option for this rare complication. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3401716/ /pubmed/22837600 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-9941.97600 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Minimal Access Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Laparoscopic management of chyle leak after Nissen fundoplication
title Laparoscopic management of chyle leak after Nissen fundoplication
title_full Laparoscopic management of chyle leak after Nissen fundoplication
title_fullStr Laparoscopic management of chyle leak after Nissen fundoplication
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title_short Laparoscopic management of chyle leak after Nissen fundoplication
title_sort laparoscopic management of chyle leak after nissen fundoplication
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3401716/
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