Chylothorax is caused by lymphatic chyle fluid leaking through the thoracic duct and accumulating in the pleural cavity. It is related to a thoracic duct injury or occlusion. Our 26-year-old patient sustained a traumatic injury to the thoracic duct. We used a novel approach to treat this patient, that is, we identified the leaking chyle by combining uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery with the injection of indocyanine green bilaterally in the inguinal lymph nodes.
Post-traumatic chilothorax treated with thoracic duct closure guided by an indocyanine green-sensitive camera system during uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery
Chiappetta, Marco;
2025-01-01
Abstract
Chylothorax is caused by lymphatic chyle fluid leaking through the thoracic duct and accumulating in the pleural cavity. It is related to a thoracic duct injury or occlusion. Our 26-year-old patient sustained a traumatic injury to the thoracic duct. We used a novel approach to treat this patient, that is, we identified the leaking chyle by combining uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery with the injection of indocyanine green bilaterally in the inguinal lymph nodes.File in questo prodotto:
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