Main description:

This issue of Surgical Clinics of North America focuses on Issues in Transplant Surgery, and is edited by Dr. Juan Palma-Vargas. Articles will include: Kidney transplantation: Patient selection, perioperative surgical issues and expected outcomes; Kidney paired donation; Management of abdominal surgical emergencies in transplant recipients: What a general surgeon should know; Post transplant malignancy; Liver transplantation: Patient selection, perioperative surgical issues and expected outcomes; Organ Preservation 101; Pediatric Abdominal Organ Transplantation; Pancreas Transplantation; Small Bowel Transplantation; Supply vs demand: Status of organ donation in the US, the wait list, and what can be done to close the gap; and more!

Contents:

Kidney transplantation: Patient Selection, Perioperative Surgical Issues and Expected Outcomes

Kidney Paired Donation

Management of Abdominal Surgical Emergencies in Transplant Recipients: What a General Surgeon Should Know

Post Transplant Malignancy

Liver transplantation: Patient Selection, Perioperative Surgical Issues and Expected Outcomes

Organ Preservation 101

Pediatric Abdominal Organ Transplantation

Pancreas Transplantation

Small Bowel Transplantation

Supply Vs Demand: Status of Organ Donation in the US, the Wait List, and What Can be Done to Close the Gap