Gastropulmonary Fistula after Bariatric Surgery
The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is one of the most common operations for morbid obesity. Although rare, gastropulmonary fistulas are an important complication of this procedure. There is only one recently reported case of this complication. The present report describes the serious nature of this compli...
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| author | Maya Doumit Gaby Doumit Farid M Shamji Sylvie Gregoire Richard E Seppala |
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| description | The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is one of the most common operations for morbid obesity. Although rare, gastropulmonary fistulas are an important complication of this procedure. There is only one recently reported case of this complication. The present report describes the serious nature of this complication in a patient after an uneventful laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-12640e70a8784cb39b4bc1dfe562e5ad2025-08-20T03:55:44ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002009-01-0123321521610.1155/2009/691340Gastropulmonary Fistula after Bariatric SurgeryMaya Doumit0Gaby Doumit1Farid M Shamji2Sylvie Gregoire3Richard E Seppala4Department of General Surgery, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of General Surgery, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of General Surgery, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of General Surgery, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of General Surgery, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaThe Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is one of the most common operations for morbid obesity. Although rare, gastropulmonary fistulas are an important complication of this procedure. There is only one recently reported case of this complication. The present report describes the serious nature of this complication in a patient after an uneventful laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/691340 |
| spellingShingle | Maya Doumit Gaby Doumit Farid M Shamji Sylvie Gregoire Richard E Seppala Gastropulmonary Fistula after Bariatric Surgery Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| title | Gastropulmonary Fistula after Bariatric Surgery |
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| title_fullStr | Gastropulmonary Fistula after Bariatric Surgery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gastropulmonary Fistula after Bariatric Surgery |
| title_short | Gastropulmonary Fistula after Bariatric Surgery |
| title_sort | gastropulmonary fistula after bariatric surgery |
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