Artificial Organs

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hakim, Nadey S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Series: New Techniques in Surgery Series ; 4
• Subjects: Medicine.; Surgery.; Surgical transplantation.; Biomedical engineering.; Medicine & Public Health.; Transplant Surgery.; Biomedical Engineering.

Artificial Organs covers everything from the support of multiorgan failure, and blood substitutes, to the management of short bowel syndrome, artificial sphincters, and circulatory support in heart failure. Other issues covered include pancreatic substitution in case of diabetes, the dialysis machin...

Table of Contents:

• Management of Multiorgan Failure After Artificial Organ Implantation
• Artificial Circulatory Support
• The Artificial Kidney
• Liver Substitution
• Glucose Sensors and Insulin Pumps: Prospects for an Artificial Pancreas
• From Basic Wound Healing to Modern Skin Engineering
• Artificial Sphincters
• Cochlear Implant
• Stem Cells and Organ Replacement
• Composite Tissue Transplantation: A Stage Between Surgical Reconstruction and Cloning.