Chylous ascites after complete mesocolic excision for right-sided colon cancer with D3 lymphadenectomy: a retrospective cohort-study.
Yanwu SunYu DengYu LinHuiming LinYing HuangJiang WeizhongPan ChiPublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2021)
In our series, 7.3% of patients developed chylous ascites after right hemicolectomy with CME. Laparoscopic surgery, PNI, operation time, and APN metastasis were independently predictive of postoperative chylous ascites. Lower PNI and more retrieved lymph nodes were correlated with prolonged resolution of chylous ascites.