Chylous leakage after arthrodesis using the anterior approach to the spine. Report of two cases.

Abstract

Chylous leakage after arthrodesis using the anterior approach to the spine is not a common complication. The cases of two patients are reported; both had accumulation of chyle after anterior spinal arthrodesis with Dwyer instrumentation. One patient had a chylothorax, and the other had a chyloretroperitoneum