Rare case of a gastro-pericardial fistula after gastric bypass surgery

Kenneth J Lam¹, Elizabeth W Tan¹, Dean Spilias¹, John Gribbin^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Case Reports

Kenneth J Lam et al. ANZ J Surg. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;90(7-8):1514-1517.

doi: 10.1111/ans.15620. Epub 2019 Dec 16.

Kenneth J Lam¹, Elizabeth W Tan¹, Dean Spilias¹, John Gribbin^{1

2}

¹ Department of Surgery, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

No abstract available

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