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Pneumoperitoneum Post-Fluoroscopic Percutaneous Gastrojejunostomy Insertion: Computed Tomography and Clinical Evaluation

  • Grant Stoneham, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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  • Brent Burbridge, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Brent Burbridge, MD, Medical Imaging, Royal University Hospital, 103 Hospital Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W8, Canada.
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  • Jaime Pinilla, MD, FRCSC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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  • Andrea Gourgaris, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Associates, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
    • ,
  • Valerie Astrope, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, St. Joseph’s General Hospital, Comox, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • Heather Gordon, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Associated Radiologists, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Published online 27 January 2012 Corrected Proof

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PII: S0846-5371(11)00064-7

doi: 10.1016/j.carj.2011.04.001

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