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.
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By Enrico Benedetti, Warren H. Cole Chair in Surgery, Professor & Head, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA and Ivo G. Tzvetanov, MD, FACS, Chief of the Division of Transplantation at UI Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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