Transplantation
A Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice
- 5th Edition - June 24, 2013
- Editor: John L. R. Forsythe
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 4 9 6 8 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 5 7 0 3 - 8
Transplantation meets the needs of surgeons in higher training and practising consultants for a contemporary and evidence-based account of this sub-specialty that is relevant to th… Read more
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Request a sales quoteTransplantation meets the needs of surgeons in higher training and practising consultants for a contemporary and evidence-based account of this sub-specialty that is relevant to their general surgical practice. It is a practical reference source incorporating the most current information on recent developments, management issues and operative procedures. The text is thoroughly referenced and supported by evidence-based recommendations wherever possible, distinguishing between strong evidence to support a conclusion, and evidence suggesting that a recommendation can be reached on the balance of probabilities.
This is a title in the Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice series whose eight volumes are an established and highly regarded source of information for the specialist general surgeon.
- The Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice series provides a current and concise summary of the key topics within each major surgical sub-specialty.
- Each volume highlights evidence-based practice both in the text and within the extensive list of references at the end of every chapter.
- Purchase of a print book also includes a downloadable version of the eBook.
• Surgical residents preparing for the board exams in specific specialties.
• Busy surgeons in practice who wish to keep up-to-date with the latest developments and evidence-based practice in their specialty.
• Organ donation in the UK: recent progress and future challenges
• Immunology of graft rejection
• Testing for histocompatibility
• Immunosuppression with the kidney as paradigm
• Preservation and perfusion of abdominal organs for transplantation
• Recent trends in kidney transplantation
• Liver transplantation
• Pancreas transplantation
• Islet transplantation
• Cardiothoracic transplantation
• Transplant infectious disease
• Chronic transplant dysfunction
• Index
- No. of pages: 320
- Language: English
- Edition: 5
- Published: June 24, 2013
- Imprint: Saunders Ltd.
- eBook ISBN: 9780702049682
- eBook ISBN: 9780702057038
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