9 Pancreas transplantation Murat Akyol Introduction Transplantation of the pancreas is the only treatment currently available that reliably offers long-term insulin independence and normal glucose metabolism for patients with type…
6 Preservation and perfusion of abdominal organs for transplantation John O’Callaghan, Peter Friend and Rutger J. Ploeg Introduction Why is organ preservation necessary? At the dawn of clinical transplantation, organ…
12 Transplant infectious disease Camille Nelson Kotton Introduction and general concepts Immunosuppression makes organ transplantation possible, while increasing the risk of infections, both routine and opportunistic. Understanding how to optimally…
11 Cardiothoracic transplantation Asif Hasan and John H. Dark Introduction The first successful heart transplantation undertaken on December 1967, at least in the public eye, represents a defining moment in…
8 Liver transplantation James J. Pomposelli, Mary Ann Simpson, Caroline J. Simon and Elizabeth A. Pomfret Introduction Liver transplantation has evolved over the past six decades from a risky procedure…
7 Recent trends in kidney transplantation Gabriel C. Oniscu Introduction The remarkable progress of kidney transplantation over the past five decades has been brought about by surgical refinements, developments in…
3 Immunology of graft rejection George Tse and Lorna Marson Introduction The study of transplantation has played a pivotal role in defining fundamental immunological phenomena, which in turn have provided…
10 Islet transplantation John J. Casey Introduction The discovery of insulin by Banting and Best in the early part of the 20th century saw type I diabetes become a treatable…
4 Testing for histocompatibility Phil Dyer, Ann-Margaret Little and David Turner Introduction Immunity The immune system exists to protect an individual from morbidity and mortality following pathogen infection and from…
5 Immunosuppression with the kidney as paradigm David Wojciechowski, Gregory Veillette and Flavio Vincenti Introduction Unless a transplant is performed between identical twins, recipients of kidney transplants generally require lifelong…
