TY - JOUR T1 - Thoracoscopic treatment of postoperative chylothorax after coronary bypass surgery. JF - Thorax JO - Thorax SP - 1273 LP - 1273 DO - 10.1136/thx.49.12.1273 VL - 49 IS - 12 AU - J P Janssen AU - H J Joosten AU - P E Postmus Y1 - 1994/12/01 UR - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/49/12/1273.abstract N2 - Chylothorax after sternotomy for aortocoronary bypass surgery is a rare but serious complication. To avoid lateral thoracotomy a left sided thoracoscopy was performed and the site of the leakage was immediately found and successfully clipped. ER -