Table 2.

Symptoms, diagnostics and treatment of chylothorax

Author, Year	Case no.	Postoperative Symptoms	Side of Chylothorax	Cervical Chyle Leak (Side)	POD of Chylothorax	Imaging (Thorax)	Treatment
							Thorax drain	Duration of drainage (days)	Dietc	Surgical Revision
Har-El, 1985 [27]	1	dyspnea, chest pain	Bilat.	no	3	X	Righta	<1	yes	no
Jabbar,1995 [7]	2	dyspnea, chest pain	Bilat.	no	4	X	Bilat.	<1	no	no
Lifante, 2007 [17]	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	RS	N/A	N/A	yes
	4	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	RS	N/A	N/A	no
Bae, 2007 [25]	5	dyspnea, chest discomfort	Bilat.	no	7	X + CT	Bilat.	N/A	yes	no
	6	dyspnea	Bilat.	no	3	X + CT	Bilat.	3	yes	no
Tsukahara, 2007 [22]	7	dyspnea	Bilat.	no	2	X	Bilat.	2	yes	no
Roh, 2007 [15]	8	N/A	Bilat.	yes (Left)	25	N/A	Bilat.	20	yes	yesd
Paliogiannis, 2009 [16]	9	N/A	Left	N/A	N/A	N/A	Left	20	yes	no
	10	N/A	Left	N/A	N/A	N/A	Left	N/A	N/A	yes
Han, 2009 [20]	11	dyspnea, chest pain	Bilat.	no	8	X	Lefta	5	yes	no
Khurana, 2009 [23]	12	dyspnea, chest discomfort	Bilat.	no	1	X	Bilat.	9	yes	yese
Tallón-Aguilar, 2010 [26]	13	dyspnea	Bilat.	N/A	3	X	Lefta	N/A	yes	yesf
Li,2013 [12]	14	chest discomfort	Bilat.	yes (N/A)	2	N/A	Bilat.	N/A	yes	no
	15	dyspnea, chest discomfort	Bilat.	yes (N/A)	8	N/A	Bilat.	N/A	yes	no
Tian, 2012 [13] Li, 2013 [12]	16g	chest discomfort	Bilat.	yes (Left)	2	X	Bilat.	15	yes	yes
	17g	dyspnea, chest discomfort	Left	no	4	X	Left	4	yes	no
	18g	dyspnea, chest discomfort	Bilat.	yes (N/A)	3	US	Bilat.	7	yes	no
Runge, 2014 [21]	19	dyspnea, chest discomfort	Bilat.	no	2	CT	Bilat.	7	yesb	yese,f
Our case	20	dyspnea, abdominal pain	Bilat.	yes (Left)	3	CT	Bilat.	17	yes	no

Bilat. bilateral; X standard X-ray; CT computertomography; N/A not available; POD postoperative day; RS retrosternal; US ultrasound

^aunilateral thoracic drainage, but bilateral chylothorax described

^bpatient received additionally octreotide administration

^cconsisting of enteral diet rich in medium-chain triglycerides and/or total parenteral nutrition

^dgelfoam packing, fistula ligation and pectoralis major muscle flap transfer

^ewound exploration without identification of leak site

^fthoracic duct ligation +/− sealing with biological glue

^g3 cases of Li 2013 [12] were previously published as case reports in Tian 2012 [13]