胸导管附近的手术操作均有可能损伤胸导管或其分支 ,而导致术后乳糜胸。最常合并乳糜胸的手术是食管癌切除术 ,而肺癌切除术后并发乳糜胸少见。近年来由于扩大肺癌手术指征和对纵隔淋巴结的彻底清扫 ,其发生率有所增高 [1 ] 。我们 1990年 - 2 0 0 2年共有 6例肺癌术后并发乳糜 Surgical procedures near the thoracic duct may damage the thoracic duct or its branches and result in postoperative chylothorax. The most commonly combined chylothorax surgery is esophagectomy, and resection of lung cancer complicated by chylothorax rare. In recent years due to the expansion of indications for lung cancer and the thorough dissection of mediastinal lymph nodes, the incidence has increased [1]. From 1990 to 2002, a total of 6 cases of lung cancer complicated with chyle