Continued chyle loss is debilitating and treatment should not be delayed.
In simple trauma, the leakage may be controlled by re-expansion of the lung and restoration of normal intrathoracic pressure. If lymphatic accumulation continues, the site should be visualised, e.g. by lymphangiography, and the injured thoracic duct ligated at thoracotomy.
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