Organ Transplantation. a Clinical Guide

Description

Organ Transplantation: A Clinical Guide covers all aspects of transplantation in both adult and pediatric patients. Cardiac, lung, liver, kidney, pancreas and small bowel transplantation are discussed in detail, as well as emerging areas such as face and pancreatic islet cell transplantation. For each organ, chapters cover basic science of transplantation, recipient selection, the transplant procedure, anesthetic and post-operative care, and long-term follow-up and management of complications. Important issues in donor selection and management are also discussed, including recruitment and allocation of potential donor organs and expanding the donor pool. Summary tables and illustrations enhance the text, and long-term outcome data are provided where available. Written by expert transplant surgeons, anesthetists and physicians, Organ Transplantation: A Clinical Guide is an invaluable multidisciplinary resource for any clinician involved in transplantation, providing in-depth knowledge of specialist areas of transplantation and covering the full range of management strategies.

Features

• Covers the process of transplantation from beginning to end, from before selection for transplantation to long-term management of the patient
• Describes transplantation of all organs, providing a one-stop reference for all types of transplantation and allowing comparisons to be made between organs
• Written and edited by a team of expert transplant specialists, surgeons and intensivists, this book provides a guide to all clinicians involved in transplantation
• Each chapter includes a bulleted summary of key points, providing a quick reference for the busy clinician

Table of Contents

Preface

Part I. Introduction:
1. Historical perspectives John Dunning and Roy Calne
2. Immunological principles of acute rejection Fadi G. Issa, Ryoichi Goto and Kathryn J. Wood
3. Immunosupression: past, present and future Robert Gaston and Vineeta Kumar
4. Major complications: 4A. Cancer Bimalangshu R. Dey and Thomas Spitzer
4B. Pathology of chronic rejection Yael B. Kushner and Robert B. Colvin
4C. Infection Camille Nelson Kotton
5. Organ donor management and procurement David Zaas

Part II. Heart:
6. Recipient selection Jayan Parameshwar and R. V. Venkateswaran
7. Donor heart selection Jonathan G. Zaroff and Kiran K. Kusch
8. Ventricular assist devices Steven S. L. Tsui and David G. Healy
9. Surgical procedure D. P. Jenkins and R. V. Venkateswaran
10. Management during surgery Kate Drummond and Andrew Klein
11. Postoperative care and early complications Mandeep R. Mehra
12. Long-term management and outcomes Clive J. Lewis and Harikrishnan Parthasarathy
13. Pediatric heart transplantation Michael Burch and Jacob Simmonds

Part III. Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation: 14. Recipient selection Jasmir Parmar
15. Live donor lobar lung donation Hiroshi Date
16. Surgical procedure Faruk Ozalp, Tanveer Butt and Stefan V. B. Schueler
17. Management during surgery Peter Slinger
18. Postoperative care and early complications Leo Ginns
19. Long-term management and outcomes Paul Corris
20. Pediatric lung transplantation Samuel Goldfarb and Stuart C. Sweet

Part IV. Liver:
21. Recipient selection Alex Gimson
22. Living donor live transplantation Koji Hashimoto, Cristiano Quintini and Charles Miller
23. Surgical procedure Neville Jamieson and Simon Harper
24. Perioperative care and early complications John Klinck and Andrew Butler
25. Long-term management and outcomes Graeme Alexander and William Gelson
26. Pediatric liver transplantation Giorgina Mieli-Vergani and Hector Vilca-Melendez

Part V. Kidney:
27. Recipient selection Ernest I. Mandel and Nina Tolkoff-Rubin
28. Sensitization of kidney transplant recipients Nick Pritchard
29. Live donor kidney donation Arthur Matas and Hassan N. Ibrahim
30. Surgical procedure Paul Gibbs
31. Perioperative care and early complications John Forsythe and Lorna Marson
32. Long-term management and outcomes John Firth and S. Mulroy
33. Pediatric kidney transplantation Khashayar Vakili and Heung Bae Kim

Part VI. Other Abdominal Organs:
34. Pancreatic transplantation Dixon B. Kaufman
35. Pancreatic islet transplantation James F. Markmann and Heidi Yeh
36. Intestinal transplantation Stephen Middleton, Simon M. Gabe, Neville Jamieson and Andrew Butler

Part VII. Other:
37. Composite tissue allotransplantation: face transplantation Maria Siemienow and Can Ozturk
38. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation Charles Crawley and Thomas Spitzer
39. Corneal transplantation Frank Larkin and Yvonne Luo

Part VIII. The Transplant Service:
40. UK and European perspective – legal and operational framework Chris Rudge and Alex Rahmel
41. US perspective – legal and operational framework Frank Delmonico, Walter Graham and Richard Luskin
42. Conclusions Clive J. Lewis

Index.