RT Journal
A1 Shehadeh IH, Guttmann RD, Murray JE, Merrill JP
T1 THoracic duct drainage and low back pain
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 1969
FD January 20
VO 207
IS 3
SP 558
OP 559
DO 10.1001/jama.1969.03150160070020
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1969.03150160070020
AB Forty-seven recipients of renal allografts from living related donors underwent thoracic duct drainage as an adjunct to immunosuppressive therapy. Ten patients complained of severe low back pain upon cessation of lymphatic drainage. In three of these, the pain was promptly relieved by reinstitution of drainage and could be reproduced at will by reclamping the thoracic duct catheter. This observation is related to the anatomy, innervation, and physiology of the thoracic duct.