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Thoracoscopic treatment of primary chylopericardium
1Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|July 6, 2000
Abstract:
The development of video-assisted thoracoscopy has changed the practice of thoracic surgery. This report describes a 20-year-old man who successfully underwent thoracoscopic thoracic duct ligation and partial pericardiectomy for primary chylopericardium. We recommend a right-sided thoracoscopic approach to the thoracic duct in the lower thoracic cavity.