Contemporary Liver Transplantation: The Successful Liver Transplant Program (Organ and Tissue Transplantation)

Doria, Cataldo [Editor]

ISBN 10: 3319072080 / ISBN 13: 9783319072081

Editore: Springer, 2017

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• Titolo: Contemporary Liver Transplantation: The Successful Liver Transplant Program (Organ and Tissue Transplantation)
• Editore: Springer
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3319072080
• ISBN 13: 9783319072081
• Rilegatura: hardcover
• Condizione: Very Good
• Peso: 37 once

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Riassunto

Contemporary Liver Transplantation provides a comprehensive review of the most crucial and provocative aspects of liver transplantation. It represents a unique source of information and guidance for the current generation of transplant surgeons that evolved from being pure clinicians into savvy administrators knowledgeable in every regulatory aspect governing transplantation. The book contains 35 chapters covering every single aspect of the surgical operation in the donors as well as the recipients of liver transplants. The pre-operative work-up, as well as the post-operative immunosuppression management and the treatment of recurrent diseases are addressed in detail. Single chapters are dedicated to controversial issues like transplantation in patients diagnosed with NASH, transplantation for patients diagnosed with HCC beyond Milan criteria and usage of HIV positive donors. Dedicated chapters on HCV, HCC, FHF and NASH will make this book a unique resource for anyhealth care provider part of the multidisciplinary liver transplant team. The book goes beyond the analysis of the formal medical and surgical aspects of liver transplantation and introduces deep knowledge on key aspects of contemporary transplant programs, such as: physical rehabilitation, palliative care, pregnancy, the multiple requirements of regulatory agencies ruling transplantation, quality measurements for transplant programs, finance and liability. The book is organized in 9 sections focusing on each key aspect of liver transplantation. Contemporary Liver Transplantation addresses the need and the questions of the multidisciplinary group involved including surgeons, Hepatologists, anesthesiologists, infectious disease specialists, radiologists, transplant coordinators, financial specialists, epidemiologists and administrators.

Informazioni sull?autore

Dr. Doria specializes in the following: Liver transplant, Live donor liver transplant, Kidney transplant, Live donor kidney transplant, Pancreas transplant, Multi organ transplant surgery. He dedicated his career to the study and treatment of patients liver diseases and has led the division of transplantation at the Jefferson University Hospital for the past 5 years. He has developed a "bloodless" technique to perform liver resections: by not using blood when he removes liver masses. Also, Dr. Doria is a pioneer in performing robotic assisted liver resection, a procedure that can be accomplished through a series of 9 mm holes.