A gelatinous veil inside the abdomen of a pancreatic cancer patient. What lies beneath it?

Chylous ascites following pancreatic surgery results from surgical damage to the cisterna chyli or tributaries, with an incidence in pancreatic surgery of 1.8%‐11%. Usually, conservative treatment is effective.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Vailas, Michail, Benetatos, Nikolaos, Maroulis, Ioannis, Kaplanis, Charalampos, Drakos, Nikolaos, Mulita, Francesk, Sotiropoulou, Maria, Germanos, Stylianos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
Materias:
Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8190690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34136253
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4353
Descripción
Sumario:Chylous ascites following pancreatic surgery results from surgical damage to the cisterna chyli or tributaries, with an incidence in pancreatic surgery of 1.8%‐11%. Usually, conservative treatment is effective.

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