Main description:

The book encompasses Dr Baranski's 20 year experience in the field of abdominal organ donation. It is a step-by-step guide with photographs and drawings with clear explanations highlighting pitfalls. The book quickly and easily guides the reader through the difficult steps during organ procurement. It is mainly illustration-based, without much text, and covers surgical technical mistakes and organ damage.

Contents:

Introduction: relationship between the procurement surgeon and the transplant coordinator, before, during and after abdominal organ procurement.- Position of the abdominal retractor.- Laparotomy and thoracotomy.- Abdominal organ inspection with a special anatomy of harvested organs.- Dissection of the avascular surfaces - organ mobilization.- Hepatoduodenal ligament dissection.- Dissection during small bowel procurement.- Great vessels cannulation.- Abdominal organ perfusion.- Thoracic organ procurement.- Small bowel procurement.- Pancreas and the liver procurement.- Kidney procurement.- Organ packing.- Body closing.