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Liver Oncologic Surgical Emergencies

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Oncologic Surgical Emergencies

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Hepatic oncologic surgical emergencies can be approached using many core surgical principles familiar to general and acute care surgeons. In this chapter, surgical emergencies related to underlying liver oncology are discussed in detail by first reviewing the hepatic anatomy and physiology relevant to these emergencies. Next, an approach to emergent liver surgery is presented and centered upon exposures and concepts encountered in trauma surgery. Lastly, specific tumor- and treatment-related complications which may result in surgical emergencies among patients with hepatic malignancy are examined.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, LAC+USC Medical Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Morgan Schellenberg

  2. Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kingston Health Sciences Center, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, USA

    Sulaiman Nanji

  3. Division of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Department of Medical Oncology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, USA

    Michael J. Raphael

  4. Division of Acute Care Surgery and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, Foothills Medical Center, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, USA

    Chad G. Ball

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  1. Emergency Surgery Dept., Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy

    Antonio Tarasconi

  2. Oncology Dept., Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy

    Simona Bui

  3. Digestive Surgery Dept, Ctr. Hosp. Univ. Grenoble Alpes, La Tronche, France

    Mircea Chirica

  4. Hepato-gastroenterology and Digestive oncology Dept., Grenoble-Alpes University Hospital, Grenoble, France

    Gaël Roth

  5. Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA

    Jeffry Nahmias

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Schellenberg, M., Nanji, S., Raphael, M.J., Ball, C.G. (2023). Liver Oncologic Surgical Emergencies. In: Tarasconi, A., Bui, S., Chirica, M., Roth, G., Nahmias, J. (eds) Oncologic Surgical Emergencies. Hot Topics in Acute Care Surgery and Trauma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36860-8_12

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