Main description:

The Guest Editors have put together a concise monograph on the latest advances in transplantation of the liver, intestine, and pancreas. Expert authors have written comprehensive reviews on the following topics: Living donor liver transplantation: Technical innovations; Liver transplantation for cholangiocarcinoma; Immunological monitoring to personalize immunosuppression after liver transplantation; Status of adult LDLT in US based on A2ALL; Pediatric liver transplantation; Modern treatment of fulminant liver failure; Intestinal failure and rehabilitation; Adult intestinal transplantation; Pediatric intestinal transplantation; Living donor intestinal transplantation; Endoscopic follow-up of intestinal transplant recipients; Multivisceral transplantation; Pancreas transplantation for DM1 and DM2; and Robotic pancreas transplantation. Readers will come away with the clinical information they need to stay current on issues surrounding gastrointestinal transplantations.

Contents:

Foreword: Transplantation of Abdominal Organs

Foreword: Transplantation of Abdominal Organs

Preface: Gastrointestinal Transplantation

Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Technical Innovations

Liver Transplant for Cholangiocarcinoma

Immunologic Monitoring to Personalize Immunosuppression After Liver Transplant

Status of Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation in the United States: Results from the Adult-To-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Cohort Study

Modern Management of Acute Liver Failure

Intestinal Failure and Rehabilitation

Adult Intestinal Transplantation

Pediatric Intestinal Transplantation

Living Donor Intestinal Transplantation

Endoscopic Follow-up of Intestinal Transplant Recipients

Composite and Multivisceral Transplantation: Nomenclature, Surgical Techniques,

Current Practice, and Long-term Outcome

Pancreas Transplantation for Patients with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the United States: A Registry Report

Robotic Pancreas Transplantation