Published February, 2012
By Pierre-Alain Clavien, Beat Mullhaupt, James F. Trotter and PA Clavien
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd))
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This book builds on the success of previous editions, once again providing hepatologists the most current clinical guide on how to best treat the liver transplant recipient.

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Published February, 2012
By Darlene Lovasik
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Nursing
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Covers such article topics as: Evaluation and Work-up for Transplant; Basic Immunology; Pharmacology; Liver, Pancreas, Kidney Transplants; Living Donor Kideny, Liver Transplants; Heart, Lung, Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplants; Complications After Transplant; Patient Education; Psychosocial Concerns; and, Ethical Issue.

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Published February, 2012
By Gerald Brandacher and W. P. Andrew Lee
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Orthopedics
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Covers The History and Evolution of Hand Transplantation, World Experience After More Than a Decade of Clinical Hand Transplantation, How to Establish a Hand Transplant Program, Recipient Selection - Who is the Right Candidate for Hand Transplantation, and more.

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Published January, 2012
By Paul Martin and Cynthia Levy
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Deals with the topic of orthotopic liver transplantation. This title covers the following topics: Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma; Transplantation for Cholangiocarcinoma; Management of Renal Dysfunction in Liver Transplant Patients; Expanded Donors in Liver Transplantation; and, Management of Recurrent HCV Infection.

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Published January, 2012
By Jeffrey L. Platt, David K.C. Cooper, Ejvind Kemp, David J.G. White and Jeffrey Platt
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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However, if our experience with human allografts provides an analogy, we may anticipate that clinical progress in xenografts will be plagued by failures and rewarded by successes, often without a complete understanding of the mechan isms involved.

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Published December, 2011
By Arnulf Thiede, Wolfgang Timmermann, Heinz-Jochen Gassel, Karin Ulrichs and Robert Zhong
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Main focus of the new book will be the description and discussion of rat and mouse models for organ transplantation. In particular, the extremely difficult methods necessary for organ transplantation in mice will be presented and evaluated.

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Published December, 2011
By G.M. Abouna and A.G. White
Publisher: Springer
Series: Developments in Surgery
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Up-dated Papers from the First International Middle East Conference on Organ Transplantation Held in Kuwait in December 1982

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Published December, 2011
By Ajay K. Singh, Mohamed H. Sayegh and Anil Chandraker
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Though kidney transplantation is considered a routine procedure, there are still significant challenges in post-transplant management.

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Published November, 2011
By T. M. Wilkinson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Issues in Biomedical Ethics
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Transplantation is a medically successful and cost-effective way to treat people whose organs have failed-but not enough organs are available to meet demand. T. M. Wilkinson explores the major ethical problems raised by policies for acquiring organs. Key topics include the rights of the dead, the role of the family, and the sale of organs.

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Published November, 2011
By Franklin G. Miller and Robert D. Truog
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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In Death, Dying, and Organ Transplantation: Reconstructing Medical Ethics at the End of Life, Miller and Truog challenge fundamental doctrines of established medical ethics. They argue systematically that physicians legitimately cause the death of patients in the routine practices of withdrawing life support and vital organ donation.

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