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DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-955882
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Chylothorax Following Extended Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis
Publikationsverlauf
Received July 15, 2006
Publikationsdatum:
04. Juni 2007 (online)
Introduction
Postoperative chylothorax is an uncommon but well-known complication in cardiovascular and thoracic operations. This debilitating complication may develop after carrying out procedures involving the heart, lungs, aorta, esophagus, sympathetic chain, and subclavian vessels anywhere along the path of the thoracic duct between the diaphragm and the neck. Its occurrence after thymectomy is rare.
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MD, PhD Biing-Shiun Huang
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery
Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming-University, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University
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