Full Description
The Guest Editors have put together a concise monograph on the latest advances in transplantation of the liver, intestine, and pancreas. Expert authors have written comprehensive reviews on the following topics: Living donor liver transplantation: Technical innovations; Liver transplantation for cholangiocarcinoma; Immunological monitoring to personalize immunosuppression after liver transplantation; Status of adult LDLT in US based on A2ALL; Pediatric liver transplantation; Modern treatment of fulminant liver failure; Intestinal failure and rehabilitation; Adult intestinal transplantation; Pediatric intestinal transplantation; Living donor intestinal transplantation; Endoscopic follow-up of intestinal transplant recipients; Multivisceral transplantation; Pancreas transplantation for DM1 and DM2; and Robotic pancreas transplantation. Readers will come away with the clinical information they need to stay current on issues surrounding gastrointestinal transplantations.
Contents
Foreword: Transplantation of Abdominal Organs
Foreword: Transplantation of Abdominal Organs
Preface: Gastrointestinal Transplantation
Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Technical Innovations
Liver Transplant for Cholangiocarcinoma ?
Immunologic Monitoring to Personalize Immunosuppression After Liver Transplant?
Status of Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation in the United States: Results from the Adult-To-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Cohort Study
Modern Management of Acute Liver Failure
Intestinal Failure and Rehabilitation
Adult Intestinal Transplantation
Pediatric Intestinal Transplantation
Living Donor Intestinal Transplantation
Endoscopic Follow-up of Intestinal Transplant Recipients
Composite and Multivisceral Transplantation: Nomenclature, Surgical Techniques,
Current Practice, and Long-term Outcome
Pancreas Transplantation for Patients with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the United States: A Registry Report
Robotic Pancreas Transplantation
