| View Larger Image | Living Donor Organ Transplantation | Hardcoverby Rainer Gruessner (Author), Enrico Benedetti (Author)
| List Price: | $215.00 | | Price: | $172.00 | | You Save: | $43.00 (20%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | McGraw-Hill Professional | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 824 Pages | | Publication Date: | December 21, 2007 | | Sales Rank: | 422,096nd |
|
EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
A comprehensive, technique-oriented guide to abdominal organ transplantation A Doody's Core Title! 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 abdominal 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, operation-oriented guide to the field of living donor organ transplantation Unparalleled examination of a wide spectrum of solid organ transplantation procedures (liver, pancreas, kidney, intestine), with accompanying chapters on the history of the procedure, the donor, the recipient, and cost analysis Skill-building coverage of techniques that explains adequate pretransplant workup and posttransplant care 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 Reflections from pioneers in the field (20081118) |
SIMILAR PRODUCTS |
| Kidney Transplantation: Principles and Practice (Morris,Kidney Transplantation)
by Peter Morris AC FRS FRCS (Author), Stuart J. Knechtle MD (Author)
Updated to reflect today's practice guidelines, the new edition of this comprehensive text remains the definitive resource on all aspects of renal transplantation, including immunological, pathological, psychological and ethical considerations. It examines evaluation, management, and procurement of living and deceased donor kidneys, the selection of suitable recipients, interpretation of graft dysfunction, and expected survival based upon a large database of information. There are comprehensive...
| 
| Atlas of Organ Transplantation
by Abhinav Humar (Author), Arthur J. Matas (Author), William D. Payne (Author)
This book-DVD presents a picture and video atlas of organ transplantation that provides a unique and complete presentation of procedures performed by transplant surgeons today. The emphasis is on contemporary procedures, as the field has undergone significant surgical innovation in the last five to ten years. Detailed schematic diagrams and high-quality photographs of the operative procedures provide enhanced visual clarity. Written descriptions, accompanied by a video presentation with...
| 
| Transplantation Ethics
by Robert Veatch (Author)
Three decades after the first heart transplant surgery stunned the world, organs including eyes, lungs, livers, kidneys and hearts are transplanted everyday. However, despite its routine nature - or perhaps because of it - transplantation offers enormous ethical challenges. Veatch offers a systematic account of the ethical controversies surrounding organ transplants. He structures his discussion around three major topics: the definition of death; the procurement of organs; and the allocation of...
| 
| Liver Transplantation: Challenging Controversies and Topics (Clinical Gastroenterology)
by Gregory T. Everson (Editor), James F. Trotter (Editor)
The field of liver transplantation is young, evolving, dynamic, and issues and decisions are often controversial, thus a text with a different focus is required, one that highlights controversy and challenges dogma. In Liver Transplantation: Challenging Controversies and Topics a useful set of chapters have been created that will take the reader step-by-step through key areas of controversy in the field of liver transplantation. The authors have tried to anticipate questions, define key...
| 
| Medical Complications of Kidney Transplantation
by Claudio Ponticelli (Editor)
With color illustrations throughout, this book analyzes the implications that transplantation and immunosuppression can hold for patients. Discussing the many complications that may occur after kidney transplantation, this source is a must for anyone caring for patients recovering from this type of procedure.
|
|
|
