Transplantation of the Liver

This single volume, easy to read text features world experts who provide detailed descriptions of the disease states and complications arising from liver failure as well as the complications that follow liver transplantation. Now completely updated from the first edition, this new edition features . An attractive and necessary read for anyone involved in the care of liver transplant patients, including surgeons, nephrologists, anesthesthiologists, and organ bank personnel. Discusses the background and available management options for each hepatic disease entity.Addresses anesthesia for liver transplantation?oa crucial aspect of successful surgery that is often neglected in other sources.Provides step-by-step descriptions of today's full range of transplantation techniques.Details postoperative care, including intensive Considers the ethical issues involved in using living donors.Delivers pearls and pitfalls that provide important advice from world-renowned experts.Offers sweeping updates throughout, with contributions from many brand-new authors on the front lines of research and clinical practice. li>Presents the latest information on immunosuppression, focusing on side effects and morbidities associated with the currently available drugs. Covers hot topics such as adult living donor transplantation, including relevant imaging techniques * liver allocation in the United States and Europe * Hepatitis C * outcomes * management of the necrotic liver * new immunosup?pres?sive drugs * the development of a bioartificial liver * and much more.