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Successful management of para-aortic lymphocyst with laparoscopic fenestration
L Sarli1, P Cortellini, C Pavlidis
1Institute of Surgery and Surgical Therapy, Parma University School of Medicine, Azienda Ospedale, Via Gramsci no. 14, 43100 Parma, Italy. leosarli@ipruniv.cce.unipr.it
Surgical Endoscopy
|June 16, 2000
Abstract:
Para-aortic lymphocyst occasionally follows retroperitoneal para-aortic node dissection for neoplastic diseases. We present a case in which the leakage of chylous fluid and then a para-aortic lymphocyst followed right nephrectomy and para-aortic node dissection for kidney cancer. Our method of treatment utilized conservative management of chylous ascites and laparoscopic internal drainage of the retroperitoneal lymphocyst.