Living Donor Organ Transplantation

Living Donor Organ Transplantation

Gruessner, Rainer W.G.
Benedetti, Enrico

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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 abdominal 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. The new edition includes the introduction of living donor uterus transplantation, new operative techniques including the use of robotic and minimally invasive transplant procedures, new immunosuppressive regimens, new protocols of tolerance induction including stem cell therapy and transplantation, and much more. Chapter authors are all international leaders in their fields and represent institutions from 4 continents (Americas: USA, Argentina, Brazil, Canada; Europe: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, UK; Asia: China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan; Australia). An A-Z, operation-oriented guide to the field of living donor organ transplantation Examination of a wide spectrum of solid organ transplantation procedures (liver, pancreas, kidney, intestine), with accompanying chapters on history of the procedure, the donor, the recipient, and cost analysis Coverage of techniques that explain adequate pretransplant workup and posttransplant care Chapters on cultural differences, ethical and legal issues, social issues, current financial incentives, and the illegal organ trade INDICE: PART I. GENERAL ASPECTS OF LIVING DONOR ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION 1. Introduction and Rationale 2. Cultural Differences In Living Organ Donation 3. Ethical and Legal Issues 4. Donor Counseling and Consent 5. Nondirected Donors 6. General Aspects of Living Donor Organ Transplantation: Social Issues PART II. PAID LEGAL AND ILLEGAL ORGAN DONATION 7. Current Financial Incentives 8. Paid Legal Organ Donation 9. Challenges of Paid Organ Donation for Public Health Care Policy 10. Who's Got the Knife? The Role of Surgeons in Transplant Trafficking PART III. THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA 11. Living Donor Organ Transplantation: The Role of Public Solicitation 12. The Impact of the Internet and Social Media on Paid Legal and Illegal Organ Donation PART IV. ORGAN-SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF LIVING DONOR ABDOMINAL ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION SECTION I. KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION 13. Kidney Transplantation: Personal Reflections 14. History of Living Donor Kidney Transplantation 15. Kidney Transplantation: Geographical Differences 16. Preemptive Living Transplantation: The Ideal Therapeutic Modality for End-Stage Renal Disease 17. KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION: THE DONOR 18. KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION: THE RECIPIENT 19. Kidney Transplantation: Cost Analysis SECTION II. PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION 20. History of and Rationale for Pancreas Transplantation 21. Pancreas Transplantation: The Donor 22. Pancreas Transplantation: The Recipient 23. The Asian Experience 24. International Pancreas Registry Report (IPTR) and Long-Term Outcome 25. Islet Autotransplantation after Pancreatectomy 26. Islet Transplantation Using Living Donors SECTION III. LIVER TRANSPLANTATION 27. Personal Reflections and History of Living Donor Liver Transplantation 28. The Impact of the A2all Study 29. Regional Variations in the U.S. Living Donor Experience 30. Institutional Needs for Living Donor Liver Transplantation 31. Role of Split Liver Transplantation from Deceased Donors: Lessons Learned 32. Liver Regeneration 33. Living Donor Liver Transplantation: The Donor 34. Liver Transplantation: The Recipient 35. Liver Transplantation: Cost Analysis SECTION IV. INTESTINAL TRANSPLANTATION 36. History of Living Donor Intestinal Transplantation 37. Indications for Living Donor Intestinal (and Liver) Transplantation 38. Intestinal Transplantation - The Donor 39. Intestinal Transplantation - The Recipient SECTION V. UTERUS TRANSPLANTATION 40. History of Living Donor Uterus Transplantation 41. Uterus Transplantation - The Donor 42. Uterus Transplantation - The Recipient PART V. FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS AND ALTERNATIVES TO LIVING DONOR TRANSPLANTATION 43. Dual-Organ Donation and Transplantation 44. Use of Living Donors for HIV-Positive Transplant Candidates 45. New Immunosuppressive Protocols 46. Strategies to Induce Tolerance 47. Xenotransplantation 48. Gene Therapy 49. Organogenesis and related approaches for organ replacement 50. Consensus Conferences on Living Donor Organ Transplantation 51. Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Living Donor Organ Transplantation

  • ISBN: 978-0-323-89926-0
  • Editorial: Academic Press
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 1100
  • Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2023
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés