Lymphangiography to Treat Postoperative Lymphatic Leakage: A Technical Review

In addition to imaging the lymphatics and detecting various types of lymphatic leakage, lymphangiography is a therapeutic option for patients with chylothorax, chylous ascites, and lymphatic fistula. Percutaneous thoracic duct embolization, transabdominal catheterization of the cisterna chyli or tho...

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Main Authors:	Lee, Edward Wolfgang, Shin, Ji Hoon, Ko, Heung Kyu, Park, Jihong, Kim, Soo Hwan, Sung, Kyu-Bo
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	The Korean Society of Radiology 2014
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4248627/

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spelling	pubmed-42486272014-12-02 Lymphangiography to Treat Postoperative Lymphatic Leakage: A Technical Review Lee, Edward Wolfgang Shin, Ji Hoon Ko, Heung Kyu Park, Jihong Kim, Soo Hwan Sung, Kyu-Bo Intervention In addition to imaging the lymphatics and detecting various types of lymphatic leakage, lymphangiography is a therapeutic option for patients with chylothorax, chylous ascites, and lymphatic fistula. Percutaneous thoracic duct embolization, transabdominal catheterization of the cisterna chyli or thoracic duct, and subsequent embolization of the thoracic duct is an alternative to surgical ligation of the thoracic duct. In this pictorial review, we present the detailed technique, clinical applications, and complications of lymphangiography and thoracic duct embolization. The Korean Society of Radiology 2014 2014-11-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4248627/ /pubmed/25469083 http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2014.15.6.724 Text en Copyright © 2014 The Korean Society of Radiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author	Lee, Edward Wolfgang Shin, Ji Hoon Ko, Heung Kyu Park, Jihong Kim, Soo Hwan Sung, Kyu-Bo
spellingShingle	Lee, Edward Wolfgang Shin, Ji Hoon Ko, Heung Kyu Park, Jihong Kim, Soo Hwan Sung, Kyu-Bo Lymphangiography to Treat Postoperative Lymphatic Leakage: A Technical Review
author_facet	Lee, Edward Wolfgang Shin, Ji Hoon Ko, Heung Kyu Park, Jihong Kim, Soo Hwan Sung, Kyu-Bo
author_sort	Lee, Edward Wolfgang
title	Lymphangiography to Treat Postoperative Lymphatic Leakage: A Technical Review
title_short	Lymphangiography to Treat Postoperative Lymphatic Leakage: A Technical Review
title_full	Lymphangiography to Treat Postoperative Lymphatic Leakage: A Technical Review
title_fullStr	Lymphangiography to Treat Postoperative Lymphatic Leakage: A Technical Review
title_full_unstemmed	Lymphangiography to Treat Postoperative Lymphatic Leakage: A Technical Review
title_sort	lymphangiography to treat postoperative lymphatic leakage: a technical review
description	In addition to imaging the lymphatics and detecting various types of lymphatic leakage, lymphangiography is a therapeutic option for patients with chylothorax, chylous ascites, and lymphatic fistula. Percutaneous thoracic duct embolization, transabdominal catheterization of the cisterna chyli or thoracic duct, and subsequent embolization of the thoracic duct is an alternative to surgical ligation of the thoracic duct. In this pictorial review, we present the detailed technique, clinical applications, and complications of lymphangiography and thoracic duct embolization.
publisher	The Korean Society of Radiology
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url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4248627/
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Lymphangiography to Treat Postoperative Lymphatic Leakage: A Technical Review

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