Approach to the patient with pneumoretroperitoneum

Sumudu Welikumbura¹, Toan Pham^{1

2}, Anshini Jain¹, Marli Williams¹, Philip Smart^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of General and Colorectal Surgery, Box Hill Hospital, Eastern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Surgical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Epworth Healthcare, General Surgery and Gastroenterology Clinical Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Sumudu Welikumbura et al. ANZ J Surg. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan;91(1-2):206-207.

doi: 10.1111/ans.16061. Epub 2020 Jun 3.

Sumudu Welikumbura¹, Toan Pham^{1

2}, Anshini Jain¹, Marli Williams¹, Philip Smart^{1

3}

¹ Department of General and Colorectal Surgery, Box Hill Hospital, Eastern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Surgical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Epworth Healthcare, General Surgery and Gastroenterology Clinical Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

No abstract available

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