Correspondence: Letters
Thoracoscopic ligation of the thoracic duct complex in the treatment for high-volume chyle leak following modified radical neck dissection: safe, feasible, but underutilised
P.M. Wilkerson,
P.M. Wilkerson
Regional Oesophagogastric Unit, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford, UK
Search for more papers by this author A. Haque,
A. Haque
Regional Oesophagogastric Unit, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford, UK
Search for more papers by this author L. Pitkin,
L. Pitkin
Department of Head and Neck Cancer Surgery, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford, UK
Search for more papers by this author Y. Soon,
Y. Soon
Regional Oesophagogastric Unit, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford, UK
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P.M. Wilkerson,
P.M. Wilkerson
Regional Oesophagogastric Unit, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford, UK
Search for more papers by this author A. Haque,
A. Haque
Regional Oesophagogastric Unit, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford, UK
Search for more papers by this author L. Pitkin,
L. Pitkin
Department of Head and Neck Cancer Surgery, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford, UK
Search for more papers by this author Y. Soon,
Y. Soon
Regional Oesophagogastric Unit, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford, UK
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First published: 27 February 2014
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