TY  - JOUR
T1  - THoracic duct drainage and low back pain
AU  - Shehadeh IH, Guttmann RD, Murray JE, Merrill JP
Y1  - 1969/01/20
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1969.03150160070020
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 558
EP  - 559
VL  - 207
IS  - 3
N2  - 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.
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1969.03150160070020
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1969.03150160070020
ER  -