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Case on Postoperative Chyle Leakage

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A 63-year-old female was diagnosed with a squamous cell carcinoma of the mid esophagus, staged as T3N1M0. She was treated by chemoradiotherapy and after a period of 6 weeks she underwent a three stage esophageal resection with a cervical anastomosis. Postoperatively the patient developed a high volume chylothorax.

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  1. Department of Surgery, St Mark’s Hospital, London, UK

    Alberto Martinez Isla M.B.B.S., M.Sc., F.R.C.S., Jack L. Martin & Anthony J. Healey M.D.

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  1. Alberto Martinez Isla M.B.B.S., M.Sc., F.R.C.S.
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Correspondence to Alberto Martinez Isla M.B.B.S., M.Sc., F.R.C.S. .

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  1. Department of Surgery, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Miguel A. Cuesta

  2. Department of Surgery, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    H. Jaap Bonjer

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Isla, A.M., Martin, J.L., Healey, A.J. (2014). Case on Postoperative Chyle Leakage. In: Cuesta, M., Bonjer, H. (eds) Case Studies of Postoperative Complications after Digestive Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01613-9_3

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