Main description:

Transplantation meets the needs of surgeons in higher training and practising consultants for a contemporary and evidence-based account of this sub-specialty that is relevant to their general surgical practice. It is a practical reference source incorporating the most current information on recent developments, management issues and operative procedures. The text is thoroughly referenced and supported by evidence-based recommendations wherever possible, distinguishing between strong evidence to support a conclusion, and evidence suggesting that a recommendation can be reached on the balance of probabilities. This is a title in the Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice series whose eight volumes are an established and highly regarded source of information for the specialist general surgeon.

Contents:

. Controversies in the ethics of organ transplantation . The acute shortage of deceased donors in the UK - recommendations set in an international context . Immunology of graft rejection . Testing for histocompatibility . Immunosuppression with the kidney as paradigm . The donor procedure . Recent trends in kidney transplantation: a review . Liver transplantation . Pancreas transplantation . Pancreatic islet transplantation . Cardiothoracic transplantation . Cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus and BK virus infection following solid-organ transplantation . Chronic transplant dysfunction . Index