Transplantation of the Liver, 3 Rev ed.

Drs. Busuttil and Klintmalm present Transplantation of the Liver, 3rd Edition, which has been thoroughly revised to offer you the latest protocols, surgical approaches, and techniques used in this challenging procedure. Encompassing today's expert knowledge in the field, this medical reference book is an ideal single source for authoritative, up-to-date guidanceon every imaginable aspect of liver transplantation.

I: General Considerations

 

1. History of Liver Transplantation

 

2. Surgical Anatomy of the Liver

 

3. Molecular and Cellular Basics of Liver Failure

 

4. Influence of Transplantation on Liver Surgery

 

5. Organ Allocation: The US Model

 

6. Organ Allocation: The European Models

 

7. Donation After Cardiac or Brain Death: Regulatory and Ethical Principles

II: Patient Evaluation: Adult

8. Current Indications, Contraindications, Delisting Criteria, and Timing for Transplantation

 

9. Transplantation for Hepatitis A and B

 

10. Natural History of Hepatitis C

 

11. Transplantation for Hepatitis C

 

12. Transplantation for Fulminant Hepatic Failure

 

13. Transplantation for Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

 

14. Transplantation for Sclerosing Cholangitis

 

15. Transplantation for Autoimmune Hepatitis

 

16. Transplantation for Primary Hepatic Malignancy

 

17. Transplantation for Cholangiocarcinoma

 

18. Transplantation for Metastases

 

19. Transplantation for Hematological Disorders

 

20. Transplantation for Budd-Chiari Syndrome

 

21. Transplantation for Alcoholic Liver Disease

 

22. Transplantation for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

 

23. Unusual Indications for Transplantation

III: Patient Evaluation: Pediatric

 

24. General Criteria for Transplantation in Children

 

25. Transplantation for Cholestatic Liver Disease in Children

 

26. Transplantation for Biliary Atresia in Children

 

27. Transplantation for Metabolic Disease in Children

 

28. Transplantation for Hepatic Malignancy in Children

IV: Special Considerations in Patient Evaluation

 

29. Ethical Decisions in Transplantation

 

30. Psychiatric Assessment of Liver Transplant Candidates

 

31. Pretransplantation Evaluation: Cardiac

 

32. Pretransplantation Evaluation: Renal

 

33. Pretransplantation Evaluation: Infectious Disease

 

34. Role of the Clinical Nurse Coordinator

 

35. Radiological Evaluation in Transplantation

 

36. Monitoring and Care

 

37. Nutritional Aspects of Transplantation in Adults

 

38. Management of Portal Hypertensive Hemorrhage

 

39. Portopulmonary Hypertension and Hepatopulmonary Syndrome

V: Operation

 

40. Donor Selection and Management

 

41. Extended Criteria Donors

 

42. Donating After Cardiac Death

 

43. The Donor Operation

 

44. Principles of Liver Preservation

 

45. Recipient Hepatectomy and Grafting

 

46. Anesthesia for Liver Transplantation

VI: Split and Living Donor Transplantation

 

47. Imaging Techniques for Partial Grafting

 

48. Living Donor Transplantation in Children

 

49. Living Donor Transplantation: Evaluation and Selection in Adults

 

50. Adult Living Donor Right Hepatectomy and Recipient Operation

 

51. Adult Living Donor Left Hepatectomy and Recipient Operation

 

52. Split Liver Transplantation for Pediatric and Adult Recipients

 

53. Split Liver Transplantation for Two Adult Recipients

 

54. Biliary and Vascular Reconstruction in Living Donor Transplantation

 

55. Small-for-Size Syndrome

 

56. Minimally Invasive Living Donor Hepatectomy

 

57. Dual Grafts for Transplantation

 

58. Outcomes of Living Donor Transplantation: The Western Perspective

 

59. Outcomes of Living Donor Transplantation: The Eastern Perspective

 

60. Ethics of Living Donor Transplantation

VII: Unusual Operative Problems

 

61. Arterial Reconstruction Pitfalls

 

62. Portal Vein Thrombosis and Other Venous Anomalies

 

63. Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation

 

64. Retransplantation

 

65. Clinical Management of Necrotic Liver Before and After Transplantation

 

66. Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplantation

 

67. Transplantation: Situs Inversus and Polysplenia Syndrome

 

68. Auxiliary Transplantation

VIII: Postoperative Care

 

69. Postoperative Intensive Care Management in Adults

 

70. Postoperative Intensive Care Management in Children

 

71. Postoperative Management Beyond the Intensive Care Unit: Adults

 

72. Postoperative Care of Pediatric Transplant Recipients

 

73. Transition of Pediatric Patients to Adulthood

 

74. Renal Failure in Adults

 

75. Graft Failure

 

76. Technical Problems: Biliary

 

77. Arterial Complications after Transplantation

 

78. Infections After Transplantation

 

79. Recurrent Hepatitis C After Transplantation

 

80. Late Complications and Recurrence of Disease After Transplantation

 

81. Neuropsychiatric Complications

 

82. Neurological Complications

 

83. Role of the Posttransplantation Clinical Nurse Coordinator

IX: Transplant Pathology

 

84. Histopathology of Liver Transplantation

 

85. Pathology of NonNeoplastic Disease After Transplantation

 

86. Transplant-Related Malignancies

X: Immunology of Liver Transplantation

 

87. Rejection After Transplantation

 

88. Leukocyte Chimerism- Meaning and Consequences

 

89. ABO, Tissue Typing, and Crossmatching Incompatibility

 

90. Graft-Versus-Host Disease

XI: Immunosuppression

 

91. Induction and Maintenance of Immunosuppression

 

92. Special Considerations for Immunosuppression In Children

 

93. Treatment of Acute and Chronic Rejection

 

94. Novel Immunosuppression of Patients with Hepatic Malignancies

 

95. Novel Immunosuppressive Drugs

 

96. Immunosuppressive Biologic Agents

 

97. Long-term Toxicity of Immunosuppressive Therapy

XII: Survival and Results

 

98. Outcome Predictors in Transplantation

 

99. U.S. Trends in Transplantation

 

100. Long-term Functional Recovery and Quality of Life

 

101. Survival and Quality of Life in Children

XIII: Future Developments in Liver Transplantation

 

102. Genetic and Genomic Potentials in Liver Transplantation

 

103. Liver and Hepatocyte Xenotransplantation

 

104. Stem Cell and Liver Regeneration

 

105. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Liver Transplantation

 

106. Extracorporeal Perfusion for Resuscitation of Marginal Grafts

 

107. Current Clinical Status of Extracorporeal Devices