Early Operative Ligation in the Management of Bilateral Chylothoraces After Blunt Thoracic Injury

Am Surg. 2022 Feb;88(2):308-309. doi: 10.1177/0003134820942148. Epub 2020 Aug 10.

Authors

William A Wallace¹, D Benjamin Christie 3rd¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, The Medical Center Navicent Health, Macon, GA, USA.

PMID: 32776787
DOI: 10.1177/0003134820942148

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Accidents, Traffic
Chylothorax / etiology
Chylothorax / surgery*
Humans
Ligation / methods
Male
Pleura / injuries*
Pleura / surgery
Thoracic Injuries / complications*
Thoracic Injuries / surgery
Thoracotomy
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / complications*
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / surgery
Young Adult