Table of Contents
Living Donor Organ Transplantatio
PART I: GENERAL ASPECTS
1.Rationale
2.History of Organ Transplantation
3.Legal implications
4.Ethical Issues
5.Social and Economic Impl
6.Informed Consent
7.Psychological Aspects
8.Transplant Immunology
9.Donor Failure and Graft Versus Host Disease
10.Medical Interventions/Correlations
Part II: ORGAN-SPECIFIC ASPECTS
1.Kidney Transplantation
2.Heart Transplantation
3.Lung Transplantation
4.Pancreas Transplantation
5.Liver Transplantation
6.Intestinal Transplantation
PART III: FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
1.Medical strategies to maximize the donor pool
2.Strategies to induce tolerance
Synopsis
A comprehensive, technique-oriented guide to solid organ transplantation
Valuable to the seasoned and novice transplant surgeon as well as the multidisciplinary team that tends to both the living donor and the recipient of major organs, Living Organ Donor Transplantation puts the entire discipline in perspective while guiding you step-by-step through the most common organ transplant surgeries. Organized into four cohesive parts and featuring numerous surgical illustrations, this sourcebook delivers an incisive look at every key consideration for general surgeons who perform transplantations, from patient selection to recipient workup and outcomes, and emphasizes the most humanitarian approaches.
Features
The first A-to-Z, operative-oriented guide to the field of living donor organ transplantation
Unparalleled examination of a wide spectrum of solid organ transplantation operations (liver, pancreas, kidney, intestines), with accompanying chapters on the history of the procedure, the donor, the recipient, and cost analysis
Skill-building coverage of techniques that explains how to perform the surgery, and ways to ensure adequate post-surgical organ function
Chapters on cultural differences, ethical and legal issues, social issues, current financial incentives, and the illegal organ trade
Up-to-date survey of the future possibilities of organ transplantation, covering new immunosuppressive protocols, xenotransplantation, gene therapy, organogenesis and therapeutic cloning, and more
Doody Review Services
Reviewer:Christopher D. Anderson, MD(Washington University School of Medicine)
Description:This is excellent and comprehensive book on living donor abdominal organ transplantation. The technical as well as ethical aspects are covered. However, it does not include any discussion of live donor lung transplantation.
Purpose:The purpose is to provide a reference and review of the growing developments in live donor transplantation.
Audience:The audience is mainly abdominal organ transplant surgeons and physicians. It will be a useful reference for residents and fellows in transplantation, but is likely too detailed to be useful to medical students.
Features:The ethical, technical performance, and management aspects of abdominal organ live donors and recipients are discussed. Complications specific to live organ donation are discussed and the treatment is thorough. The dedicated chapters related to live donor ethics are unique. However, the absence of any discussion of live donor lung transplantation is a shortcoming.
Assessment:In my field, this book is a very useful reference and rates as one of the top 3 to 4 books that I would use regularly.
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Biography
Editor:
Rainer W.G. Gruessner, MD is Professor and Chairman of Surgery in the Department of Surgery at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
Associate Editor:
Enrico Benedetti, MD is Professor and Chairman in the Department of Surgery at the University of Illinois, in Chicago, Illinois.
From the Publisher
A comprehensive, technique-oriented guide to solid organ transplantation
Valuable to the seasoned and novice transplant surgeon as well as the multidisciplinary team that tends to both the living donor and the recipient of major organs, Living Organ Donor Transplantation puts the entire discipline in perspective while guiding you step-by-step through the most common organ transplant surgeries. Organized into four cohesive parts and featuring numerous surgical illustrations, this sourcebook delivers an incisive look at every key consideration for general surgeons who perform transplantations, from patient selection to recipient workup and outcomes, and emphasizes the most humanitarian approaches.
Features
The first A-to-Z, operative-oriented guide to the field of living donor organ transplantation
Unparalleled examination of a wide spectrum of solid organ transplantation operations (liver, pancreas, kidney, intestines), with accompanying chapters on the history of the procedure, the donor, the recipient, and cost analysis
Skill-building coverage of techniques that explains how to perform the surgery, and ways to ensure adequate post-surgical organ function
Chapters on cultural differences, ethical and legal issues, social issues, current financial incentives, and the illegal organ trade
Up-to-date survey of the future possibilities of organ transplantation, covering new immunosuppressive protocols, xenotransplantation, gene therapy, organogenesis and therapeutic cloning, and more
Doody Review Services
Reviewer:Christopher D. Anderson, MD(Washington University School of Medicine)
Description:This is excellent and comprehensive book on living donor abdominal organ transplantation. The technical as well as ethical aspects are covered. However, it does not include any discussion of live donor lung transplantation.
Purpose:The purpose is to provide a reference and review of the growing developments in live donor transplantation.
Audience:The audience is mainly abdominal organ transplant surgeons and physicians. It will be a useful reference for residents and fellows in transplantation, but is likely too detailed to be useful to medical students.
Features:The ethical, technical performance, and management aspects of abdominal organ live donors and recipients are discussed. Complications specific to live organ donation are discussed and the treatment is thorough. The dedicated chapters related to live donor ethics are unique. However, the absence of any discussion of live donor lung transplantation is a shortcoming.
Assessment:In my field, this book is a very useful reference and rates as one of the top 3 to 4 books that I would use regularly.
