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Pancreatic and Biliary Emergencies

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Emergency Surgery in Obese Patients

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The two most important pancreatic and biliary surgical emergencies are acute cholecystitis and acute pancreatitis. This chapter will evaluate the strong association between obesity and the incidence and severity of these two diseases. Their treatment is not different in obese patients if compared with the non-obese population; however, the peculiarity of this subset of patients is represented by their “fragility” and, consequently, by their higher risk of developing severe forms of these diseases. It is mandatory for the surgeons to keep in mind this condition, in order to make an early diagnosis and to correctly treat these two pathologies.

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  1. Pancreatic Surgery Unit, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy

    Gennaro Nappo & Alessandro Zerbi

  2. Department of Surgery, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy

    Marco Montorsi

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Nappo, G., Zerbi, A., Montorsi, M. (2020). Pancreatic and Biliary Emergencies. In: Foschi, D., Navarra, G. (eds) Emergency Surgery in Obese Patients. Updates in Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17305-0_9

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