食管癌切除术后并发乳糜胸较常见，且病情重，进展快，处理不当后果严重。我院１９８４年５月～１９９８年５月行开胸食管癌切除３０８例，术后并发乳糜胸５例，总结报告如下。１临床资料本组５例中，男３例，女２例。肿瘤位于食管胸上段２例，中段２例，下段１例；左颈部... The concurrent occurrence of chylothorax after resection of esophageal cancer is common, and the condition is heavy and the progress is fast. The consequences of improper treatment are serious. From May 1984 to May 1998 in our hospital, 308 cases of open chest esophageal cancer were removed and 5 cases of postoperative chylothorax were complicated. The summary report is as follows. 1 clinical data in this group of 5 cases, 3 males and 2 females. The tumor was located in the upper thoracic esophagus in 2 cases, in the middle 2 cases, in the lower 1 case; in the left neck...