Updated to reflect today's practice guidelines, the new edition of this comprehensive text remains the definitive resource on all aspects of renal transplantation, including immunological, pathological, psychological and ethical considerations. It examines evaluation, management, and procurement of living and deceased donor kidneys, the selection of suitable recipients, interpretation of graft dysfunction, and expected survival based upon a large database of information. There are comprehensive chapters on pediatric renal transplantation and on renal transplantation in the developing world. Extensive tables and figures and comprehensive lists of references with each chapter enhance its value to the transplant team. A multidisciplinary approach from internationally renowned contributors from around the world-many new to this edition-offers practice-applicable guidance for all members of the transplant team, with coverage encompassing applied science, clinical information, and surgical procedures. This 6th edition remains the balanced reference you need to stay apprised of issues important to successful kidney transplantation. INDICE: 1. Kidney Transplantation: A History, David Hamilton2. Immunology of Graft Rejection, Margaret Dallman3. Non-Transplant Modalities of Kidney Replacement Therapy, Lisa Nanovic and Bryan Becker4. The Recipient of a Renal Transplant, Jeremy Chapman5. Access for Renal Replacement Therapy, Mike Nicholson6. Brain Death and Donor Management, Kenneth Wood7. Medical Evaluation of the Living Donor, Dicken S. C. Ko and Frank Delmonico8. Donor Nephrectomy A. Open Nephrectomy, Benedict CosimiB. Laparoscopic Live Donor Nephrectomy, Christopher Simpkins and Robert Montgomery9. Renal Preservation, Henri Leuvenink and Rutger Ploeg10. Histocompatibility in Renal Transplantation, Sue Fuggle, Craig Taylor11.Surgical Techniques of Renal Transplantation, John Barry, Peter Morris12. Transplantation and the Abnormal Bladder, Julie Franc-Guimond and Ricardo Gonzalez13. Anaesthesia for Patients Undergoing Renal Transplantation, John Sear and Oliver Dyar14. Early Course of the Patient with a Kidney Transplantation, John Pirsch, Stuart Knechtle15. Azathioprine and Steroids, Simon Knight and Peter Morris16. Cyclosporine, Neil Russell, Simon Knight, and Peter Morris17. Tacrolimus in Renal Transplantation, Amit Basu and Ron Shapiro18. Mycophenolate mofetil, Barry Kahan19. mTOR Inhibitors: Sirolimus and Everolimus, Christopher Watson and John Andrew Bradley20. Antibodies and Fusion Proteins, Allan Kirk21. Other Forms of Immunosuppression, B. Sprangers, E. van Etten, Mark Waer, Mathieu Chantal, Jacques Pirenne22. Transplantation in the Sensitized Recipient and across the ABO Blood Groups, Mark Stegall and James Gloor23. Approaches to the Induction of Tolerance, Satish Nadig, Gregor Warnecke, and Kathryn Wood24. Pathology of Kidney Transplantation, Robert Colvin and Shamila Mauiyyedi25. Chronic Allograft Nephropathy, Brian Nankivell26. Vascular Complications After Kidney Transplantation, Richard Allen27. Urological Complications After Kidney Transplantation, David Cranston, Daniel Shoskes28. Cardiovascular Complications After Renal Transplantation, Bert Kasiske and Ajay Israni29. Infection in Renal Transplant Recipient, Jay Fishman John Davis30. Liver Disease Among Renal Transplant Recipients, Adnan Said, Nasia Safdar, Jennifer Wells, and Michael Lucey31. Neurological Complications After Renal Transplantation, Andria Ford, Katie Vo, and Jin-Moo Lee32. Nonmalignant and Malignant Skin Lesions in Renal Transplant Patients, Vanessa Venning, and Fenella Wojnarowska, Christine Bordea, Aoife Lally33. Cancer in Dialysis and Transplant Patients, John Thompsonand Paula Mohacsi34. Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation for Diabetic Neuropathy, Takashi Kobayashi, David Sutherland, Angelika Gruessner, and Rainer Gruessner35. Kidney Transplantation in Children, Robert Ettenger, Minnie Sarwal, Pornpimol Rianthavorn36. Renal Transplantation in Developing Countries, Rafique Moosa37. Results of Renal Transplantation, Peter Morris, Stuart Knechtle38. Psychological Aspects of Kidney Transplantation and Organ Donation, Patricia Franklin39. Ethics in Transplantation: Allotransplantation and Xenotransplantation, Abdallah Daar, Linda Wright, and Michael Campbell
- ISBN: 978-1-4160-3343-1
- Editorial: Saunders
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 872
- Fecha Publicación: 30/06/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés