Diagnosis and Management of Chylothorax after resection of Lung Cancer.

Abstract

With the development of lung cancer surgery, the rate of chylothorax after resection of lung cancer had an increasing trend year by year. The aim of this study is to explore the diagnosis and management of postoperative chylothorax for resection of lung cancer by analysis 1472 cases lung cancer patients who underwent radical resection of lung cancer at our department in the past 7 year. Clinical date of 17 patients with lung cancer who had postoperative chylothorax were analyzed retrospectively. Seventeen cases were treated by conservative treatment, among them 16 case were cured, one case was failure by conservative treatment and was cured by tieing off the ductusthoracious. The occurrence of chylothorax has a correlation with the TNM stages and operation site of lunge cancer, in the management of postoperative chylothorax, adopting correct measures promptly can reach good therapeutic effect.