Living Donor Organ Transplantation

This four-part textbook gives you an all-inclusive overview of living donor transplantation. Essential procedural topics are touched on, from donor counseling and financial incentives to recipient work-up and outcomes. Personal reflections of transplant pioneers offer historical background, while ample attention is also paid to future possibilities in this ever changing field. Surgical and medical issues specific to living donor abdominal organ transplantation are discussed in detail.

Rainer W. Gruessner, MD is Vice Chairman and Professor of Surgery at the University of Minnesota, Department of Surgery, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Enrico Benedetti, MD is Professor in the Department of Transplant Surgery at the University of Illinois, in Chicago, Illinois.

Living Donor Organ Transplantation
General Aspects
Rationale
History of Organ Transplantation
Legal implications
Ethical Issues
Social and Economic Implications
Informed Consent
Psychological Aspects
Transplant Immunology
Donor Failure and Graft Versus Host Disease

Organ-Specific Aspects
Kidney Transplantation
Heart Transplantation
Lung Transplantation
Pancreas Transplantation
Liver Transplantation
Intestinal Transplantation
Future Developments
Medical strategies to maximize the donor pool
Strategies to induce tolerance
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Living Donor Organ Transplantation

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