Living Donor Organ Transplantation

Valuable to the seasoned and novice transplant surgeon as well as the multidisciplinary team that tends to both the living donor and the recipient of major organs, Living Organ Donor Transplantation puts the entire discipline in perspective while guiding you step-by-step through the most common organ transplant surgeries. Organized into four cohesive parts and featuring numerous surgical illustrations, this sourcebook delivers an incisive look at every key consideration for general surgeons who perform transplantations, from patient selection to recipient workup and outcomes, and emphasizes the most humanitarian approaches.



Features

The first A-to-Z, operative-oriented guide to the field of living donor organ transplantation
Unparalleled examination of a wide spectrum of solid organ transplantation operations (liver, pancreas, kidney, intestines), with accompanying chapters on the history of the procedure, the donor, the recipient, and cost analysis
Skill-building coverage of techniques that explains how to perform the surgery, and ways to ensure adequate post-surgical organ function
Chapters on cultural differences, ethical and legal issues, social issues, current financial incentives, and the illegal organ trade
Up-to-date survey of the future possibilities of organ transplantation, covering new immunosuppressive protocols, xenotransplantation, gene therapy, organogenesis and therapeutic cloning, and more
Table of Contents

1. Introduction and Rationale
2. Cultural Differences
3. Ethical and Legal Issues
4. Donor Counseling
5. Non-Directed and Contested Donors
6. Social Issues
7. Current Financial Incentives
8. Paid Legal Organ Donation
9. Challenges of Paid Organ Donation for Public Health Policy
10. Illegal Organ Trade
11. Impact of the Internet
12. Kidney Transplantation
13. History of Living Kidney Transplantation
14. Geographical Differences
15. The Donor
16. The Recipient
17. Kidney Transplantation: Cost Analysis
18. History of Living Donor Pancreas Transplantation
19. The Donor
20. The Recipient
21. Islet Authotransplantation
22. Islet Transplantation Using Living Donors
23. Future of Islet Transplantation Using Living Donors
24. Personal Reflections and History of Living Donor Liver Transplantations
25. Geographical Differences
26. Institutional Needs
27. Role of Split Liver Transplantation from Deceased Donors
28. Liver Regeneration
29. The Donor
30. The Recipient
31. Cost Analysis
32. The History of Living Donor Intestinal Transplantation
33. The Donor
34. The Recipient
35. Donation of More Than One Organ
36. Use of Living Donors for HIV Positive Recipients
37. New Immunosuppressive Protocols
38. Strategies to Induce Tolerance
39. Xenotransplantation
40. Gene Therapy
41. Organogenesis and Therapeautic Cloning




Reviews

Reviews


"This book is a leader in the field for instruction in the theoretical basis of therapeutic modalities and the acquisition of skills necessary to correctly and safely use modalities clinically. A number of modality textbooks are currently available, but this is more thorough in its coverage. In addition, the laboratory activities and checklists facilitate instruction and guide practice in the psychomotor skills of therapeutic modality application."





Rainer W. Gruessner, MD is Professor and Chairman of Surgery at the University of Arizona, Department of Surgery, in Tucsan, Arizona.

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