Transplantation surgery / Nadey Hakim, Mehmet Haberal, Daniel Maluf, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hakim, Nadey S., 1958- editor.

Haberal, Mehmet, 1944- editor.

Maluf, Daniel, editor.

Series:

Springer specialist surgery series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.

Surgery.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 400 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This updated volume gives a clear description of transplantation surgery and covers the recent developments and innovations that have occurred within the field. New chapters on the management of graft dysfunction, organ preservation, new immunosuppressive drugs, molecular medicine and transplantation, robotics in transplantation, and organ bio-engineering are included. The book aims to be an authoritative guide to transplantation surgery that will help improve the likeliness of procedures being successful. This book will be relevant to transplant surgeons, physicians, and nephrologists.

Contents:

1. Organ Transplantation: an Historical Perspective

2. The Biology of the Major Histocompatibility Complex

3. Tissue Typing, Crossmatching and the Allocation of Cadaveric Kidney Transplants

4. The Immunobiology of Transplant Rejection and Acceptance

5. Immune Tolerance

6. Heart Transplantation

7. Lung Transplantation

8. Kidney Transplantation

9. Surgical Technique and Surgical Complications

10. Management of Graft Dysfunction

11. The Long-term Management of the Kidney Transplant Recipient

12. Liver Transplantation

13. Pancreas and Islet Transplantation

14. Small Bowel Transplantation

15. Non-heart-beating Cadaver Donors

16. Organ Preservation

17. Blood and Marrow Transplantation

18. Xenotransplantation

19. Anesthesia for Organ Transplantation

20. Immunosuppressive Drugs

21. Malignancies in Transplantation

22. Infection in the Organ Transplant Patient

23. Ethics and Legislation of Transplantation

24. Living Donor Liver Transplantation

25. Molecular Medicine and Transplantation

26. Robotics in Transplantation

27. Organ Bio-Engineering and Bio Banking

28. Liver Pump Perfusion Preservation

29. Composite Allograft Transplantation

30. Tissue and Organ Donation and Allocation

31. Paired Kidney Exchange Donor Exchange Programs in Kidney Transplantation.

Notes:

Includes index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 26, 2021).

ISBN:

9783030552442

3030552446

OCLC:

1237465562

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.