(1) Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Surgery Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Changjiang Route 10#, Daping, Chongqing, 400042, The People’s Republic of China;
Abstract:
Background
Minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) is a feasible technique that has been shown to be safe for the treatment of esophageal cancer. Chylothorax remains a challenging and potentially life-threatening postoperative complication of MIE. In this retrospective series, we evaluated the results of preventive intraoperative thoracic duct ligation in patients who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic esophagectomy for cancer.
