Overview
Liver Transplantation: Challenging Controversies and Topics grew out of a need I perceived within the fields of transplant hepatology and liver transplantation. Liver transplantation has rightly gained recognition as an established therapy for end-stage liver disease. Few would argue that liver transplantation is one of the few truly lifesaving and life-altering treatments within medicine and surgery. Not many realize that 20 years passed from the time of the first human liver transplantation in 1963 to its acceptance as therapy by the 1983 NIH Consensus Conference on Liver Transplantation. In 2008, 25 years will have passed since the 1983 NIH conference—a mere 25 years for a field that has provided patients hope, doctors options, and to some the “gift of life. ” Many issues in liver transplantation involve indications, patient selection, and outcomes after transplantation—these are standard topics, covered by textbooks of hepatology and transplantation. In contrast, the field of liver tra- plantation is young, evolving, dynamic, and issues and decisions are often controversial. Thus, Dr. Trotter and I, as well as our colleagues at the University of Colorado, felt that a text with a different focus was required, one that highlighted controversy and challenged dogma. Out of this perceived need emerged Liver Transplantation: Challenging Controversies and Topics. To meet the transplant community’s need for emerging information about liver transplantation, Dr. Larry Chan, Dr. Igal Kam, and I initiated the Controversies in Transplantation Conference.
Full Product Details
Author: Gregory T. Everson ,
James F. Trotter
Publisher: Humana Press Inc.
Imprint: Humana Press Inc.
Edition: 2009 ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 1.050kg
ISBN: 9781588297938
ISBN 10: 1588297934
Pages: 268
Publication Date: 21 November 2008
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Aus den Rezensionen: ... Die Autoren haben mit diesem Buch eine detaillierte Aubersicht zum aktuellen perioperativen Management von Lebertransplantationen vorgelegt. ... Die wesentlichen und fur die Praxis relevantesten Aussagen der jeweiligen Kapitel werden am Ende kurz und einpragsam zusammengefasst. ! Den Autoren ist es gelungen, aktuellste Erkenntnisse vollstandig, umfassend, klar strukturiert und evidenzbasiert in anwendungsorientierter Form wiederzugeben. Das Buch ist daher jedem Arzt zu empfehlen, der die Indikation zur Lebertransplantation stellt bzw. Lebertransplantierte Patienten betreut. (Prof. Dr. Hasan Kulaksiz, in: Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie, June/2009, Issue 6, S. 624)
