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Hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery

Hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery take care of the management of  benign and malignant disease of the liver, gallbladder, bile duct and pancreas. The management of this pathologies needs a rapid and multidisciplinary therapeutic answer, to obtain the best result for patient’s care.
Liver
The liver is a gland and plays a major role in metabolism with numerous functions in the human body, including regulation of glycogen storage, decomposition of red blood cells, plasma protein synthesis, hormoneproduction….
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Pancreas
It is an endocrine gland producing several important hormones, including insulin, glucagon, somatostatin, and pancreatic polypeptide which circulate in the blood. The pancreas is also a digestive organ, secreting pancreatic juice containing digestive enzymes..
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Bile duct
The common bile duct, is a duct in the gastrointestinal tract of organisms that have a gall bladder. It is formed by the union of the common hepatic duct and the cystic duct (from the gall bladder). It is later joined by the pancreatic duct to form the ampulla of Vater. .
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Liver transplantation
Liver transplantation or hepatic transplantation is the replacement of a diseased liver with some or all of a healthy liver from another person (allograft). The most commonly used technique is orthotopic transplantation, in which the native liver is removed and replaced by the donor organ in the same anatomic location as the original liver.
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