Huan S K, Huang P C, Lo C W
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chi-Mei Foundation Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi (Taipei). 1997 Feb;59(2):141-3.
A case is reported of chylothorax following an uneventful anterior thoracic interbody spinal fusion. To present knowledge, this complication is reported to occur in 0.2% of intrathoracic operations, and may give rise to 50% mortality unless stress properly recognized and managed.
报道了一例在胸前路椎体间脊柱融合手术顺利进行后发生乳糜胸的病例。据目前所知，这种并发症在开胸手术中的发生率为0.2%，若未得到及时正确的认识和处理，死亡率可能高达50%。
