G. Oniscu – Abdominal Organ Retrieval and Transplantation Bench Surgery

Автор: G. Oniscu
Название книги: Abdominal Organ Retrieval and Transplantation Bench Surgery
Формат: PDF
Жанр: Абдоминальная хирургия
Страницы: 194
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

Provides transplant professionals with a step-wise approach to abdominal organ retrieval and bench surgery, illustrating complex anatomical situations and providing practice points and decision algorithms. A go-to reference for transplant surgeons, trainees and fellows, as well as for other professionals involved in abdominal organ transplantation.

Over the last 50 years, transplantation has been at the
forefront of innovation in medicine. Advances in surgical
techniques, immunosuppression and a holistic
care of the transplant recipient have ensured the continued
success of life-saving and life-enhancing transplantation.
However, none of this would have been
possible without the donors’ gift of life and the efforts
and dedication of the teams that ensure successful
organ recovery.
Organ retrieval is the bedrock of transplantation.
New techniques, such as multivisceral retrieval and insitu
and ex-situ liver splitting, have been developed in
an effort to expand the donor pool and reach more
patients. Bench surgery, an understated element of
the transplantation pathway, has seen innovative
changes to deal with more and more complex anatomical
situations in an effort to provide more organs for
transplantation. Deceased circulatory failure donation
has seen a resurgence in the last few years, fueled in
part by significant advances in organ preservation.
In many ways, abdominal organ retrieval is on the
brink of a revolutionary change, with advances such
as regional normothermic perfusion and warm pulsatile
preservation paving the way.
In this context, this book provides a timely review of
the current status of organ retrieval and bench surgery
techniques in a step-wise approach and introduces novel practices, to illustrate the changing landscape in
the field.
Conceived as a practical guide for retrieving surgeons
of all levels of experience, the book follows the
journey of the donated organs from retrieval to preparation
for implantation, and as such will help all transplant
professionals to understand the management of
potential donors, be familiar with standard retrieval
techniques, understand anatomical variations and
learn effective ways of dealing with them. Each step of
the surgical procedures is illustrated with high quality
intraoperative pictures and diagrams, whilst decision
algorithms are provided for difficult clinical scenarios.
A novel aspect is the provision of evidence-based
information, which is clearly identified in the text.
Practical tips and learning points are highlighted
throughout the text, in yellow and green boxes respectively,
and each chapter finishes with an ‘in a nutshell’
summary.
We hope that the format of this book will provide an
easy reference point to those involved in every aspect
of abdominal organ retrieval and bench surgery and,
as such, will promote excellence in this challenging
area of transplantation surgery.