Cited 14 times since 1994 (0.5 per year) source: EuropePMC Thorax, Volume 49, Issue 12, 1 1 1994, Pages 1273 Thoracoscopic treatment of postoperative chylothorax after coronary bypass surgery. Janssen JP, Joosten HJ, Postmus PE
Chylothorax after sternotomy for aortocoronary bypass surgery is a rare but serious complication. To avoid lateral thoracotomy a left sided thoracoscopy was performed and the site of the leakage was immediately found and successfully clipped.
