• Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Jan 2009

    Case Reports

    Chylopericardial tamponade complicating oesophago-gastrectomy.

    • Duncan Stewart, Timothy Chico, and Roger Ackroyd.
    • Department of Upper GI Surgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK. duncan.stewart@sth.nhs.uk
    • Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2009 Jan 1; 8 (1): 176-7.

    AbstractAlthough unusual, chyle leak following oesophagectomy is a recognised complication affecting 2-4% of patients. We describe the hitherto unreported sequelae of a chyle leak causing cardiovascular compromise secondary to pericardial tamponade 13 days after Ivor-Lewis oesophago-gastrectomy.

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