1. A rare complication in breast cancer surgery: Chylous fistula and its treatment
- Author
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Orhan Demircan, Cem Kaan Parsak, Gurhan Sakman, and Çukurova Üniversitesi
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,Chyle ,Fistula ,Breast surgery ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Breast Neoplasms ,Modified Radical Mastectomy ,Thoracic duct ,Thoracic Duct ,Mastectomy, Modified Radical ,Postoperative Complications ,Breast cancer ,Chylous fistula ,Humans ,Medicine ,Lymphatic Diseases ,Mastectomy ,Aged ,Neoplasm Staging ,business.industry ,General surgery ,Carcinoma ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Lymph Node Excision ,Female ,Parenteral Nutrition, Total ,business ,Complication - Abstract
WOS: 000247892800016 PubMed ID: 17685261 Chylous fistula is a complication related to thoracic duct injury, appearing in upper abdominal, thoracic and neck surgery. Occurrence of chylous fistula is very rare after modified radical mastectomy. We encountered a chylous fistula case after breast cancer surgery and successfully treated it conservatively. It is important that all surgeons dealing with breast surgery should be aware that, altough rarely, a chylous fistula can develop after axillary dissection. Experience related to the occurrence of this complication and its management when it occurs is quite restricted.
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- 2007