乳糜胸是食管癌切除术的一种严重并发症。１９７０～１９９８年，我院共行食管癌切除术２８０例，其中５例术后出现乳糜胸。现报告如下。临床资料：本组癌肿位于主动脉弓后４例，主动脉弓上缘１例。均于左前外侧开胸，切除肿瘤后行颈部食管胃吻合，术后３～１５天发生乳糜... Chylothorax is a serious complication of esophageal cancer resection. From 1970 to 1998, 280 cases of esophageal cancer resection were performed in our hospital, of which 5 cases had postoperative chylothorax. The report is as follows. Clinical data: In this group, 4 cases of cancer were located behind the aortic arch and 1 case of the upper edge of the aortic arch. All of them were opened on the left anterolateral side. After the tumor was removed, the esophagogastric anastomosis of the neck was performed. After 3 to 15 days, the chyle occurred.