A Review of the Surgery of the Thoracic Duct

Jk, Ross

doi:10.1136/thx.16.1.12

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“…3), representing 80 per cent and 30 per cent corrections respectively. Our patient conformed to the recognized pattern of delayed onset (Ross, 1961;Higgins and Mulder, 1971) but has not, to date, demonstrated the equally wellrecognized tendency to recurrence. From the literature there appears to be a relationship between recurrence and treatment by thoracenteses rather than by indwelling tube drainage.…”

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Chylothorax: A complication of Dwyer's anterior instrumentation

Eisenstein

O’Brien

1977

Journal of British Surgery

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The authors report the development of an extensive right chylothorax several days after Dwyer's anterior instrumentation in a 6-year-old girl with a severe progressing infantile scoliosis. Instrumentation extended from T11 to L4 with removal of the tenth rib and with splitting of the diaphragm. The postoperative course was initially without any problems. However, respiratory distress on the tenth day after surgery was accompanied by mediastinal shift and the symptoms were relieved with aspiration of 600 ml of chyle from the right pleural cavity. The literature on this complication of chylothorax is reviewed; it has been observed in cardiothoracic surgery. The management of the case is reported in detail and methods of detection and treatment are discussed.

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Chylothorax: A complication of Dwyer's anterior instrumentation

Eisenstein

O’Brien

1977

Journal of British Surgery

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“…The richness of this collateral circulation is such that the main thoracic duct can be ligated safely at any point in its thoracic or cervical course without any harmful effects [25]. There is evidence that thoracic duct ligation increases collateral lymphatic circulation regardless of the level of duct ligation.…”

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Prevention of postoperative chylothorax with thoracic duct ligation during video-assisted thoracoscopic esophagectomy for cancer

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“…Warren, Fomon & Leite (1968) studied three patients and found mean pressures of 14, 9 and 12 mm Hg The duct pressure was usually equal to or slightly higher than the central venous pressure. The end pressure in the human thoracic duct has been reported to be between 20 and 30 mm Hg (Shafiroff & Kan, 1959;Ross, 1961) and some workers (Edwards, Gough, Kinmonth & Pierce, 1965;Tilney & Murray, 1968) have observed fluctuations of pressure, in addition to the respiratory and pulse waves, occurring every 10-20 sec which they attributed to spontaneous contractions of the duct.…”

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Pressure waves and gradients in the canine thoracic duct

Browse¹,

Lord²,

Taylor³

1971

The Journal of Physiology

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SUMMARY1. Pressures have been measured in the thoracic duct of anaesthetized and conscious dogs to ascertain the mean pressures, the nature of the pressure waves and the pressure gradients along the duct and between it and the great veins.2. The average mean pressure in the thoracic duct of ten anaesthetized dogs was 1-4 mm Hg. The pressure waves were secondary to respiration and the pulsations of the aorta. No waves were transmitted from the great veins.3. Pressures in conscious dogs varied from day to day, sometimes being positive, sometimes negative. They were increased by panting and by drinking.4. The pressure gradients along the duct were small, no more than 0-5-2'0 mm Hg along its whole length.5. No evidence -was found of spontaneous contractions of the duct.

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A Review of the Surgery of the Thoracic Duct

Cited by 136 publications

References 42 publications

Chylothorax: A complication of Dwyer's anterior instrumentation

Chylothorax: A complication of Dwyer's anterior instrumentation

Prevention of postoperative chylothorax with thoracic duct ligation during video-assisted thoracoscopic esophagectomy for cancer

Pressure waves and gradients in the canine thoracic duct

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