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Thoracoscopic treatment of postoperative chylothorax after coronary bypass surgery

Thorax (1994) 49(12) 1273
DOI: 10.1136/thx.49.12.1273
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Abstract

Chylothorax after sternotomy for aortocoronary bypass surgery is a rare but serious complication. To avoid lateral thoracotomy a left sided thoracoscopy was performed and the site of the leakage was immediately found and successfully clipped.

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Janssen, J. P., Joosten, H. J. M., & Postmus, P. E. (1994). Thoracoscopic treatment of postoperative chylothorax after coronary bypass surgery. Thorax, 49(12), 1273. https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.49.12.1273

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