PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Erin Williams
AU  - Nader Hanna
AU  - Ben Mussari
AU  - Wiley Chung
TI  - Thoracic duct embolization via chest tube for a patient with postoperative traumatic chylothorax
AID  - 10.1503/cjs.022119
DP  - 2021 Dec 01
TA  - Canadian Journal of Surgery
PG  - E650--E653
VI  - 64
IP  - 6
4099  - http://canjsurg.ca/content/64/6/E650.short
4100  - http://canjsurg.ca/content/64/6/E650.full
SO  - CAN J SURG2021 Dec 01; 64
AB  - We present the case of a 53-year-old man who experienced a postoperative chyle leak after minimally invasive esophagectomy with mass ligation of the thoracic duct; conservative management failed. Interventional radiology was unsuccessful initially in accessing the cisterna chyli with conventional methods, yet ethiodized oil was noted at the tip of his right chest tube. The chest tube and its tract were used as an avenue to access the thoracic duct and successfully facilitate its embolization.