乳糜胸是胸部手术重要并发症之一 ,可致大量营养物质和淋巴细胞丧失 ,不仅影响呼吸功能 ,并可引起严重的代谢营养和免疫功能紊乱。我院从 1991年 4月至 2 0 0 1年 6月共收治食管癌术后乳糜胸 5例 ,占同期食管癌切除术的 1.8% ,现将诊治体会报道如下。1　资料与方法5例中男性 4? Chylothorax is an important complication of chest surgery, can cause a large number of nutrients and lymphocytes loss, not only affect respiratory function, and can cause serious metabolic nutrition and immune dysfunction. Our hospital from April 1991 to June 2001 were treated in 5 cases of postoperative esophageal chylothorax, accounting for 1.8% of esophageal resection over the same period, the diagnosis and treatment are now reported as follows. 1 Materials and Methods 5 cases of male 4?