THIS paper was written to present a case of extensive chylothorax and chyloperitoneum secondary to a thrombus occluding the thoracic duct. The patient had a long venous catheter introduced through ...

Chyle leak (CL) secondary to inadvertent thoracic duct injury (TDI) is an exceptionally rare complication of a right hemithyroidectomy. TDI occurs in 0.5–1.4% of patients undergoing a thyroidectomy, ...

3 Conservative treatment involves replacing lost nutrients and reducing the flow of chyle through the thoracic duct, allowing the duct to heal. This is achieved by eliminating dietary fat intake and ...

Chen E, Itken M: Thoracic duct embolization for chylous leaks. Semin Intervent Radiol 2011; 28: 63–74. CrossRef MEDLINE PubMed Central 5. Ilczyszyn A, Ridha H, Durrani AJ: Management of chyle ...

2.1 Chyle leak or discharge can occur as a result of thoracic duct injury (injury to the structure that returns lymph and chyle from the lower half of the body). Injury can happen during surgery, from ...

Eleven patients (61%) had previously undergone thoracic duct ligation ... High-Output Postsurgical Chylothorax: A Retrospective Study, American Journal of Roentgenology (2021).

Within a few hours after ingestion of a meal in which fat is present such a person often will pass milkyappearing urine containing a portion of the chyle that normally would have entered the ...

To investigate all the available evidence assessing the effect of nutrition intervention on patients with chyle leakage and its effectiveness at reducing the need for surgical intervention.

Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous thoracic duct embolisation for persistent chyle leak. In this procedure, under general anaesthesia, ultrasound and X-rays are used to create an image of ...

Background: Chylothorax arises when lymphatic fluid (chyle) accumulates in the pleural cavity because of leakage from lymphatic vessels. It is most commonly seen after thoracic surgery (in 0.5% to ...