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Thoracoscopic management of thoracic duct injury: Is there a place for conservatism?
Thoracic duct injury is a rare but serious complication following chest surgeries and major neck dissections with high mortality in untreated patients.[1234] Traditional conservative management has a failure rate of up to 48% especially in high output fistulae.[1] Definitive treatment is in the ...
January 1, 2004; Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

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