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Emergencies Related to Advanced Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

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Abstract

Metastatic liver cancer is often associated with complications associed with the progression of the pathology. The menagement of such complication is problematic, considering the fragility ot the patient. This chapter want to clearify the management of this life-threatening complications.

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  1. Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Institute of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy

    Riccardo Memeo

  2. Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Surgical Unit, Miulli Hospital, Bari, Italy

    Alessandro Verbo

  3. Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Surgical Unit, General, Digestive, and Endocrine Surgery, IRCAD, Strasbourg’s IHU (Institute for Minimally Invasive Image-Guided Surgery), University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

    Patrick Pessaux & Emanuele Felli

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  1. Department of General Surgery Unit of Digestive, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, Henri Mondor Hospital, Créteil, France

    Nicola de'Angelis

  2. Cambridge Colorectal Unit, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK

    Salomone Di Saverio

  3. Department of General Surgery Unit of Digestive, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, Henri Mondor Hospital, Créteil, France

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Memeo, R., Verbo, A., Pessaux, P., Felli, E. (2019). Emergencies Related to Advanced Metastatic Colorectal Cancer. In: de'Angelis, N., Di Saverio, S., Brunetti, F. (eds) Emergency Surgical Management of Colorectal Cancer. Hot Topics in Acute Care Surgery and Trauma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06225-5_11

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