Transplantation of the Liver, 2e [Hardcover]

Ronald W. Busuttil (Editor), Goran B. Klintmalm (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 2005

Spearheaded by two of the world's preeminent experts in liver surgery, the new edition of this landmark masterwork encompasses all of today's best knowledge in the field. It provides detailed discussions of everything from pathophysiology and patient and donor selection...through transplantation anesthesia and full range of operative procedures...to immunosuppression, postoperative care, and ethical issues. The result is an ideal single source for authoritative, up-to-the-minute guidance on every imaginable aspect of liver transplantation.

• Discusses the background and available management options for each hepatic disease entity.
  
• Addresses anesthesia for liver transplantation"oa crucial aspect of successful surgery that is often neglected in other sources.
  
• Provides step-by-step descriptions of today's full range of transplantation techniques.
  
• Details postoperative care, including intensive
• Considers the ethical issues involved in using living donors.
  
• Delivers pearls and pitfalls that provide important advice from world-renowned experts.

• Offers sweeping updates throughout, with contributions from many brand-new authors on the front lines of research and clinical practice.
  
li>Presents the latest information on immunosuppression, focusing on side effects and morbidities associated with the currently available drugs.

• Covers hot topics such as adult living donor transplantation, including relevant imaging techniques · liver allocation in the United States and Europe · Hepatitis C · outcomes · management of the necrotic liver · new immunosup¬pres¬sive drugs · the development of a bioartificial liver · and much more.

With 104 additional contributing experts

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Overall, the book should be an essential requirement in all liver transplantation units and be readily available to physicians and surgeons involved in liver transplantation at all stages in their training." --New England Journal of Medicine

"[A] magnum opus...A standard textbook and a wonderful reference work on all aspects of liver transplantation...Readers around the world who have an interest in liver grafting will need this book. I recommend it enthusiastically."--NEJM (review of previous edition)

"This superb book will be the most comprehensive and most used reference in the transplantation library."--Hepatology (review of previous edition)

"An ambitious and highly successful work...the standard by which subsequent texts on human liver transplantation will be measured."--Gastroenterology (review of previous edition)

Book Description

Encompasses all of today's best knowledge in the field

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 1507 pages
• Publisher: Saunders; 2 edition (July 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0721601189
• ISBN-13: 978-0721601182
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 8.6 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,427,926 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The new edition was a long time coming but a welcome addition, September 23, 2005

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Jonathan A. Fridell (Indiana, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Transplantation of the Liver, 2e (Hardcover)

As a transplant surgeon, I must say that there are not a lot of books published on this topic and, until recently, the previous edition was the authoritative textbook on this topic. In fact, I believe it was probably the only book guaranteed to grace the bookshelf of every liver transplant surgeon. The new text has been updated, which was a long time coming. Although I am not particularly fond of the new cover, having preferred the classier first edition, I congratulate the authors on a huge undertaking. The book is up to date and as complete as possible. Very recent surgical techniques, including a sections on split liver transplantation and living donor transplantation, new immunosuppressive protocols and new preservation techniques are current and well described. I highly recommend this new edition.