Abstract
Abstract Description What is this video? This video is about ligation of thoracic duct during thoracoscopic radical esophagectomy for carcinoma esophagus with focus on where to search for thoracic duct during medistinal dissection. Why this video is unique? Routine ligation of thoracic duct during radical esophagectomy does not assure against post operative chyle leak but is can reduce incidence of clinically signifiant chyle leaks and need of invasive procedure to manage it. The video aims for post graduates teaching and for beginners and can be a usefull guide to search for thoracic duct while planning thoracic duct ligation for chyle leak. Note- the video uploaded is not in high definition as the permissible limit donot allow > 120mb Disclosure All authors have declared no conflicts of interest.
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