Liver transplantations require a complex and varied, multidisciplinary approach involving not only hepatologists and surgeons but also pathologists, psychologists, professional educators, nurses and, in the case of young patients, also pediatricians and development experts. This textbook provides an overview of the management problems involved in liver transplantation for acute and chronic liver disease, pediatric liver transplantation and the psychosocial aspects of liver transplantation. A closing chapter, focusing on the developments and future prospects in liver transplantation, outlines the potential offered by donors after cardiac death, cell therapies and organogenesis. The multidisciplinary approach is also maintained in the selection of authors, all experts actively engaged in the various disciplines involved in liver transplantations. This aspect, together with its precise and didactic descriptions of all phases of liver transplantation for chronic and acute diseases – from managing waiting lists to post-transplant complications – make the book a valuable tool for fellows, trainees, and specialists in the field seeking accurate framework for liver transplantation in its many facets.
CONTENT
Indications to Liver Transplantation for Liver Cirrhosis
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: Definition and Prognosis
Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis: Indication for Early Liver Transplantation
Selection Criteria and Outcome of Liver Transplantation for Neoplastic Liver Diseases
Obesity and Liver Transplantation
Evaluation Process of the Liver Transplant Recipient
Cardiopulmonary Complications in Cirrhotic Patient with the Prospective of Liver Transplant
Management of the Patient on the Waiting List, Scoring Systems, and Priority
Donor Infections
Organ Donation, Distribution, and Allocation in the United States, Europe, and Asia
Surgical Techniques in Adult and Paediatric Liver Transplantation
Living-Related Liver Transplantation
Ethical Issues in Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Anesthesia and Perioperative Intensive Care
Surgical Complications After Liver Transplantation (Vascular and Biliary)
Rejection and Immunosuppression
Role of Histopathology in Liver Dysfunction After Transplant
Claudia Mescoli, Laura Albertoni, Anthony Jake Demetris, Pages 319-332