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Chylothorax as a complication of anterior thoracic interbody fusion: a case report
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chi-Mei Foundation Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi = Chinese Medical Journal; Free China Ed
|February 1, 1997
Abstract:
A case is reported of chylothorax following an uneventful anterior thoracic interbody spinal fusion. To present knowledge, this complication is reported to occur in 0.2% of intrathoracic operations, and may give rise to 50% mortality unless stress properly recognized and managed.