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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830633503321

Titolo

Abdominal organ transplantation [[electronic resource] ] : state of the art / / edited by Nizam Mamode, Raja Kandaswamy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013

ISBN

1-118-48366-9

1-118-48369-3

1-299-24142-5

1-118-48368-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MamodeNizam

KandaswamyRaja

Disciplina

617.55059

617.550592

Soggetti

Abdomen - Surgery

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Living donation : the gold standard / Leonardo V. Riella and Anil Chandraker -- New surgical techniques in transplantation / Adam D. Barlow and Michael L. Nicholson -- Living donor liver transplantation / Abhideep Chaudhary and Abhinav Humar -- Antibody incompatible transplantation / Nizam Mamode -- Pancreas transplantation / Rajinder Singh -- Islet cell transplantation / Paul R. V. Johnson and Maciej Juszscak -- Novel cell therapies in transplantation / Paul G. Shiels ...[et al.] -- Intestinal transplantation / Khalid M. Khan ... [et al.] -- Paediatric renal transplantation / Stephen D. Marks -- Immunosuppressive pharmacotherapy / Steven Gabardi and Anil Chandraker.

Sommario/riassunto

This book summarizes the latest developments in key areas of the fast moving field of abdominal organ transplantation. It covers such vital topics as living donation (both renal and liver), laparoscopic and robotic techniques, islet and pancreas transplantation, non-heart beating transplantation, blood group incompatible and highly sensitized transplantation, high risk transplants, tolerance, stem cell therapy and



novel immunosuppressive techniques. Each chapter offers an overview of the available evidence by a world renowned expert, written in an accessible, easy-to-read manner.