1. Treatment of Postsurgical Chylothorax
Janani S. Reisenauer, MD, Carlos A. Puig, MD, Chris J. Reisenauer, MD, Mark S. Allen, MD, Emily Bendel, MD, Stephen D. Cassivi, MD, Francis C. Nichols, MD, Rob K. Shen, MD, Dennis A. Wigle, MD, Shanda H. Blackmon, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 105, Issue 1, Pages (January 2018)
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2. Fig 1
(A) Thoracic duct anatomy. (B) Chylothorax secondary to thoracic duct leak after thoracic operation.
(Published with permission of Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research.)
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3. Fig 2
Thoracic duct embolization technique. (Left) A needle is inserted directly into the subdiaphragmatic thoracic duct to access the thoracic duct. (Right) Embolization is performed with microcoils and liquid embolic agent across the chyle leak.
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4. Fig 3 Thoracic duct ligation/SDL technique.
(Left) At T8, the typical area of SDL, the duct can be visualized from the right hemithorax. (Right) Thoracic duct is typically ligated low in the chest. (SDL = surgical duct ligation.) (Published with permission of Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research.)
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5. Fig 4
Initial and subsequent treatment modalities of the cohort. (NPO = nil per os; SDL = surgical duct ligation; TDE = thoracic duct embolization; TPN = total parenteral nutrition.)
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6. Fig 5
Second embolization procedure after the first embolization failed to demonstrate the second portal of leakage.
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7. Fig 6
Algorithm for management of postoperative chylothorax. (CT = chest tube; NPO = nil per os; TDE = thoracic duct embolization; TPN = total parenteral nutrition.)
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