Abdominal organ transplantation state of the art /

• Other Authors: Mamode, Nizam, Kandaswamy, Raja
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013.
• Subjects: Abdomen > Surgery.; Abdomen > surgery.; Organ Transplantation > methods.; Medicine.; Organ transplantation > Methods.; Surgical procedures, Operative.; HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Abdominal.; Electronic books.

This book summarizes the latest developments in key areas of the fast moving field of abdominal organ transplantation. It covers such vital topics as living donation (both renal and liver), laparoscopic and robotic techniques, islet and pancreas transplantation, non-heart beating transplantation, bl...

Table of Contents:

• Living donation : the gold standard / Leonardo V. Riella and Anil Chandraker
• New surgical techniques in transplantation / Adam D. Barlow and Michael L. Nicholson
• Living donor liver transplantation / Abhideep Chaudhary and Abhinav Humar
• Antibody incompatible transplantation / Nizam Mamode
• Pancreas transplantation / Rajinder Singh
• Islet cell transplantation / Paul R.V. Johnson and Maciej Juszscak
• Novel cell therapies in transplantation / Paul G. Shiels [and others]
• Intestinal transplantation / Khalid M. Khan [and others]
• Paediatric renal transplantation / Stephen D. Marks
• Immunosuppressive pharmacotherapy / Steven Gabardi and Anil Chandraker.