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The occurrence and the results of surgical treatment of this condition are difficult to foresee due to the wide heterogeneity in thoracic duct anatomy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Case summary<\/jats:title><jats:p>We report two cases of postoperative chylothorax treated with ligation by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). The first patient developed a massive left chylothorax shortly after discharge, following radical excision of a seminoma-involved left para-aortic lymphadenopathy. The second patient developed a high-output right chylothorax following VATS upper bilobectomy. In both cases, a surgical revision by VATS was performed. Inguinal injection of indocyanine green allowed an easy visualization of the lymphatic leakage point. In both cases, oral feeding was rapidly restarted after surgery. 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