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Management of a postsurgical chylous ascites following a laparoscopic retroperitoneal para-aortic lymphadenectomy

  • D. Vázquez-Vicente1,*,
  • B. Navarro1
  • J.E. García1
  • B. Fernández1
  • J. Urbano1
  • J. Plaza1

1University Hospital - Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Quirónsalud (Spain)

DOI: 10.12892/ejgo4053.2018 Vol.39,Issue 1,February 2018 pp.151-153

Published: 10 February 2018

*Corresponding Author(s): D. Vázquez-Vicente E-mail: daniel.vazquez.vicente@gmail.com

Abstract

The authors present the case of a 41-year-old woman who developed chylous ascites following laparoscopic para-aortic lymphadenectomy for staging of cervical cancer, in which chylous ascites resolved during a diagnostic/therapeutic lymphography with lipiodol.


Keywords

Chylous ascites; Laparoscopic para-aortic lymphadenectomy; Cervical cancer.

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D. Vázquez-Vicente,B. Navarro,J.E. García,B. Fernández,J. Urbano,J. Plaza. Management of a postsurgical chylous ascites following a laparoscopic retroperitoneal para-aortic lymphadenectomy. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. 2018. 39(1);151-153.

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