Lymphangiography and subsequent sclerotherapy can be easily applied by cannulation of the lymph duct with a catheter for the neonatal central vein

Tomomi Kimura; Kenjiro Hasegawa; Sunao Morisada; Kiichi Inagawa; Kouhei Tsukahara; Takaaki Ensako; Shogo Ebisudani; Fumiaki Nagashima; Ikuko Osugi; Masaharu Ishikawa; Takashi Harada; Miori Teramoto; Masateru Inai

doi:10.1002/ccr3.866

Lymphangiography and subsequent sclerotherapy can be easily applied by cannulation of the lymph duct with a catheter for the neonatal central vein

Clin Case Rep. 2017 Mar 8;5(4):508-512. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.866. eCollection 2017 Apr.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Kawasaki Medical School Kurashiki Japan.
² Department of Orthopedics, Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery Kawasaki Medical School Kurashiki Japan.
³ Emergency Medicine and Acute Clinical Care Center University of Miyazaki Hospital Miyazaki Japan.
⁴ Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Okayama University Okayama Japan.
⁵ Department of Digestive Surgery Kawasaki Medical School Kurashiki Japan.

Abstract

Therapeutic lipiodol lymphangiography for postoperative chyle leakage due to lymph duct damage has recently been attracting attention. Lymph duct puncture is technically complex and difficult. Lymphangiography and sclerotherapy can be easily applied by cannulation with a catheter for the neonatal central vein to the lymph duct under a microscope.

Keywords: Chyle leakage; lipiodol lymphangiography; microsurgery; the catheter for the neonatal central vein.

Publication types

Case Reports