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Oncologic Surgical Emergencies

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Patients who are in treatment for nonresectable pancreatic cancer could undergo some complications that could be considered life-threatening. The management of these complications, that varies across pancreatitis, jaundice, occlusion, and perforation, could be complex and requires a multidisciplinary approach in order to control the emergency, allowing the patient to continue the chemotherapy.

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  1. Department of HPB Surgery, Miulli Hospital, Bari, Italy

    Riccardo Memeo

  2. Department of Endoscopy, Miulli Hospital, Bari, Italy

    Francesca D’Errico

  3. Department of Oncology, Miulli Hospital, Bari, Italy

    Letizia Laera

  4. Department of Radiology, Miulli Hospital, Bari, Italy

    Roberto Calbi

  5. Department of Interventional Radiology, Miulli Hospital, Bari, Italy

    Riccardo Inchingolo

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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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Memeo, R., D’Errico, F., Laera, L., Calbi, R., Inchingolo, R. (2023). Pancreas. 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_13

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