Thoracoscopic treatment of postoperative chylothorax after coronary bypass surgery.
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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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عنوان ژورنال:
- Thorax
دوره 49 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1994