我院自 1993年以来 ,在食管癌术后共有 5例发生乳糜胸 ,其中 3例经及时开胸结扎胸导管而治愈 ,2例经非手术治愈。1　胸导管的解剖及损伤原因　手术造成胸导管损伤所致乳糜液漏至胸腔称乳糜胸 ,其发生率国内 0 6 %～ 2 8%。由于胸导管是人体最大的淋巴终末收集管 ,它起源于第 In our hospital since 1993, a total of 5 cases of chylothorax occurred after esophageal cancer, of which 3 cases were cured by timely ligation of the thoracic duct and 2 cases were cured by non-surgical treatment. 1 Anatomy and causes of thoracic duct injury Caused by thoracic duct injury caused by thoracic duct leakage to the chest cavity called chylothorax, the incidence rate of 6% to 28% in China. Since the thoracic duct is the largest lymphatic terminal collection tube in the human body, it originated in the