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Chylothorax post transaxillary first rib resection for thoracic outlet syndrome

Sylvie Bowden1, Mohammed Firdouse2, Graham Roche-Nagle3

  • 1Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

BMJ Case Reports
|March 9, 2021
PubMed

Keywords:
interventional radiologymedical managementnutritional supportsurgeryvascular surgery

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