Overview
This book builds on the success of previous editions, once again providing hepatologists the most current clinical guide on how to best treat the liver transplant recipient. With an international mix of experienced contributors, this new edition highlights initial indication and selection of the potential recipient, management of the donor organ, post-operative complications in the patient through to acute recovery, long-term follow-up, and continued health. This provides the user a complete guide to the correct clinical management of both the recipient and the donor organ through all stages of transplantation.
Full Product Details
Author: Pierre-Alain Clavien (Department of Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Zurich) ,
James F. Trotter (Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA) ,
Beat Mullhaupt
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Edition: 4th edition
Dimensions:
Width: 19.30cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 24.90cm
Weight: 1.225kg
ISBN: 9781444335910
ISBN 10: 144433591
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 20 February 2012
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Replaced By: 9781119423102
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
?I can recommend the book with enthusiasm. It will find a place on my bookshelf.? (Gastroenterology, 1 December 2012) ?This new edition does a good job addressing more current issues in liver transplantation. It succinctly provides an excellent base of understanding, guiding readers through a variety of indications for liver transplantation to help them understand the operative and chronic management of these patients.? (Doody?s, 20 July 2012)
This new edition does a good job addressing more current issues in liver transplantation. It succinctly provides an excellent base of understanding, guiding readers through a variety of indications for liver transplantation to help them understand the operative and chronic management of these patients. ( Doody's , 20 July 2012)
I can recommend the book with enthusiasm. It will find aplace on my bookshelf. (Gastroenterology, 1December 2012) This new edition does a good job addressing more currentissues in liver transplantation. It succinctly provides anexcellent base of understanding, guiding readers through a varietyof indications for liver transplantation to help them understandthe operative and chronic management of thesepatients. (Doody s, 20 July 2012)
Author Information
Pierre-Alain Clavien, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Ed), Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery. Head, Division of Visceral & Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland Professor Clavien is a world-wide renowned surgeon-scientist, currently professor and chairman of the Department of Surgery in Zurich, Switzerland. His areas of research include organ preservation, liver ischemia-reperfusion injury and regeneration, and pathogenesis of cancer, as well as outcome research. He received many competitive grants and awards, including one of the most prestigious prices for scientific research, the Otto Naegeli Award. Dr James Trotter is the Medical Director of Liver Transplantation at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas. Dr. Trotter's primary interests include end-stage liver disease and the management of liver transplant candidates and recipients. Dr. Trotter specializes in hepatitis C, ascites, complications of portal hypertension, including esophageal varices and hepatic encephalopathy. He also has vast experience in the management of medical complications after liver transplantation including immunosuppression in liver transplant recipients and the treatment of hepatitis C before and after liver transplantation.
