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Postoperative progress and amount of discharge from lateral cervical drainage tube.
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Postoperatively (Figure 1), on the first postoperative day (POD1), the fluid in the lateral neck cavity drain was 200 ml/d, which was bloody in color, and this is common after surgery.
Schematic drawings of the balloon compression maneuver. Copyright   [2022] [Zhaoming Ding]: reproduced with permission.
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Then, 10 ml normal saline was injected into the balloon, creating local pressure at the possible lymphatic damage area at the venous angle (Figure 2).