Life threatening presentation of thoracic duct injury post thyroid surgery; a case report

BACKGROUND: Injury to thoracic duct is a rare potential complication of time-honored conventional thyroidectomy. Nevertheless, it can be a cause of significant morbidity, and sometimes life-threatening. PATIENT FINDINGS: A 78-year-old female patient with a previous surgical history of thyroid lobect...

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Autores principales: Halawani, Hamzeh M., Bakkar, Sohail, Jamali, Sarah F., Khalifeh, Farah, Abi Saad, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5369858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28347925
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.03.003

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