Transplantation, A Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice

The popular series - A Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice - provides senior surgical trainees with a concise learning and revision source, and the practising surgeon with a regular update in a particular sub-specialty. Each volume in the series gives a current summary of the key topics within the specialty and concentrates on recent developments. As in the previous edition, evidence-based practice is indicated where appropriate - icons are used throughout the books to highlight sections of text and key references which are considered to be associated with reasonable evidence, i.e. are supported by randomized clinical trials, systematic literature reviews, meta-analysis or observational studies.
Key Features

* A consistent approach is used across the complete series thus ensuring that information is presented in a standard format
* Each volume gives an up-to-date and concise summary of the key topics within the specialty, thus making them ideal as a learning/revision source for senior surgical trainees or as a rapid reference for consultants
* Evidence-based practice is identified throughout each book in a consistent style.

Table of Contents

Ch 1 The ethics of transplantation Steve J Wigmore, William D Plant
Ch 2 The acute shortage of donors: a UK and European perspective Rafael Matesanz, Christopher J Rudge
Ch 3 Immunology of graft rejection Simon T Ball, Margaret J Dallman
Ch 4 Testing for Histocompatibility Philip A Dyer, Alison Langton, Helen Liggett, Karen Wood, Judith Worthington
Ch 5 Immunosuppression Neil R Parrott
Ch 6 The donor procedure Lorna P Marson
Ch 7 Renal transplantation in the third millennium Benjamin E Hippen, Robert S Gaston
Ch 8 Liver transplantation in the third millennium Olivier Farges
Ch 9 Pancreas transplantation Murat Akyol
Ch 10 Islet cell transplantation John J Casey, A M James Shapiro
Ch 11 Cardio-thoracic transplantation Stephen C Clark, Asif Hasan
Ch 12 Cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr Virus following solid-organ transplantation Charles G Newstead
Ch 13 Chronic transpalant dysfunction Keith P Graetz, Keith M Rigg
Index