see: Iowa Thoracic Surgery Protocols; Thoracic Duct and Chylothorax: General Considerations; Thoracic Duct Ligation: Operative Techniques
Video of right thoracoscopic ligation of the thoracic duct (mass ligation technique) in a patient after neoadjuvant chemoradiation treatment and transhiatal esophagectomy for carcinoma, complicated by chylothorax
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