Fístula quilosa cervical: apresentaçao de um caso / Neck chylous fistula: report of a case

ABSTRACT

Chylous fistula is an unusual and serious complications of neck surgery. The reported incidence varies from 1 to 2 per cent . In the present study we report a case of chylous fistula following neck dissection for the treatment of a thyroid adenocarcinoma. We present the surgical technique used for the reatment of the chylous fistula and discuss about the surgical management and the conservative treatment of cervical chylous fistula