Kidney Transplantation

Offering practical guidance for all members of the transplant team, Kidney Transplantation, Principles and Practice, 8th Edition, provides the balanced, up-to-date information you need to achieve optimal outcomes for your patients. A global team of internationally renowned surgeons and nephrologists, many new to this edition, offers fresh perspectives on everything from applied science and surgical techniques to immunosuppressive methods, outcomes, risks, and medical considerations related to kidney transplantation, in both adults and children.

Table of Contents:

Kidney Transplantation - Principles and Practice, 8e

1. Kidney Transplant: A History

2. The Immunology of Transplantation

3. Chronic Kidney Failure: Renal Replacement Therapy

4. The Recipient of A Renal Transplant

5. Access for Renal Replacement Therapy

6. Brain Death and Cardiac Death: Donor Criteria and Care of Deceased Donor

7. Medical Evaluation of the Living Donor

8. Donor Nephrectomy

9. Kidney Preservation

10. Histocompatability in Kidney Transplantation

11. Surgical Techniques of Kidney Transplantation

12. Transplantation and the Abnormal Bladder

13. Perioperative Care of Patients Undergoing Kidney Transplantation

14. Early Course of the Patient with a Kidney Transplant

15. Azathioprine and Mycophenolates

16. Steroids

17. Calcineurin Inhibitors

18. mTor Inhibitors: Sirolimus & Everolimus

19. Antilymphocyte Globulin, Monoclonal Antibodies, and Fusion Proteins

20. Other Forms of Immunosuppression

21. Approaches to the Induction of Tolerance

22. Transplantation in the Sensitized Recipient & Across ABO Blood Groups

23. Paired Exchange Programs for Living Donors

24. Kidney allocation

25. Pathology of Kidney Transplantation

26. Biomarkers in Kidney Injury and Rejection

27. Chronic Allograft Failure

28. Vascular and Lymphatic Complications after Kidney Transplantation

29. Urological Complications after Kidney Transplantation

30. Cardiovascular Disease in Renal Transplantation

31. Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients

32. Liver Disease among Renal Transplant Recipients

33. Neurological Complications after Kidney Transplantation

34. Cutaneous Disease in Kidney Transplantation Patients

35. Cancer in Dialysis and Transplant Patients

36. Pancreas & Kidney Transplantation for Diabetic Nephropathy

37. Kidney Transplantation in Children

38. Kidney Transplantation in Developing Countries

39. Results of Renal Transplantation

40. Psychological Aspects of Kidney Transplantation and Living Kidney Donation

41. Ethical and Legal Aspects of Kidney Donation

42. Evidence in Transplantation

Stuart J. Knechtle, MD, FACS, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Surgery, Executive Director, Duke Transplant Center, Duker University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA ; Lorna P. Marson, MB BS FRCS MD, Senior Lecturer in Transplant Surgery, University of Edinburgh; Honorary Consultant Transplant Surgeon, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK and Peter J Morris, MD, PhD, FRS, FRCS, Emeritus Nuffield Professor of Surgery, University of Oxford; Honorary Professor, University of London; Director, Centre for Evidence in Transplantation, Royal College of Surgeons of England; London, UK