The anatomic study of chyle leakage due to operation on abdominal region

• Published in: Chung-hua wai kʿo tsa chih Vol. 42; no. 14; p. 857
• Main Authors: Ji, Rong-ming, Jiang, Er-peng, Shen, Xiao-jun, Xiong, Shao-hu, Lin, Ning, Liu, Fang, Li, Yu-quan, Liu, Yan-chun, Ma, Li-ye
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 22.07.2004
• Subjects: Abdomen - anatomy & histology; Adult; Female; Humans; Laparotomy - adverse effects; Male; Thoracic Duct - anatomy & histology
• ISSN: 0529-5815

To provide morphological basis for chyle leakage due to operation on upper abdomen or retroperitoneum region. The original part of thoracic duct, cisterna chyle, intestinal trunk, left and right lumbar trunks were examined in 32 adult cadavers. (1) The occurrence rate of cisterna chili was 22% (7 cases), among which 4 cases were oval, 3 cases were triangle. The cisterna chyle was (24 +/- 6) mm in length; the width of middle part was (4.1 +/- 0.9) mm. It was located to the right of midline at the level between the twelfth thoracic vertebral body and the second lumbar vertebral body anteriorly. (2) The original part of thoracic duct was (2.8 +/- 0.7) mm in diameter. The confluence form of thoracic duct included: left lumbar trunk and intestinal trunk united to form the common trunk first, right lumbar trunk then joined the common trunk (9 cases, 36%); right lumbar trunk and intestinal trunk united to form the common trunk first, left lumbar trunk then joined the common trunk (8 cases, 32%); left and right lumba