The multi-organ donor : a guide to selection, preservation and procurement /
"Advances in the science of immunology have improved the success rate of organ transplantations since the mid twentieth century. Organ transplantation is now a lifesaving medical procedure for thousands of patients around the world with end-organ diseases. The lifesaving potential of transplant...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Sharjah, UAE :
Bentham Science Publishers,
[2018]
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Colección: | Current and future developments in surgery,
v. 3 |
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- The organ allocation system
- Identification of the brain-dead donor
- Management of Public Health Service (PHS) increased risk donors and hepatitis C for HIV infected donors
- Mangement of the multi-organ donor and logistic considerations
- Current state of organ preservation
- Organ specific considerations: heart
- Organ specific considerations: lung
- Liver procurement: the donor hepatectomy
- Organ specific considerations: pancreas and kidney
- Living donation
- Pediatric issues: split liver/living liver donations
- Islet cell donation
- The future of organ donation: ex-vivo preservation
- The future of organ donation and transplantation: 2018 and beyond.