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Septic problems in hepato-pancreatico-biliary (HPB) surgery

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Progress in Surgery of the Liver, Pancreas and Biliary System

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The liver has, in common with the lungs, a specialised population of resident phagocytic cells. These two large organs also share the property of each being exposed to a particular source of potentially infecting pathogens. The lungs are exposed to air borne micro-organisms, whereas the liver is the first line of defence for gut borne micro-organisms escaping into the portal circulation. If micro organisms taken up by the phagocytes are not thereby destroyed then their continuing accumulation will go on to produce local infections.

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  1. University Department of Surgery, University of Wales, College of Medicine, Heath Park, CF4 4XN, Cardiff, Great Britain

    M. C. A. Puntis

  2. Department of Surgery Medical School, Phillips Wangensteen Building, 516 Delaware Street SE, 55455, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

    Richard L. Simmons

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Puntis, M.C.A., Simmons, R.L. (1988). Septic problems in hepato-pancreatico-biliary (HPB) surgery. In: Bengmark, S. (eds) Progress in Surgery of the Liver, Pancreas and Biliary System. Developments in Surgery, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3349-1_5

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