Operative Techniques in Transplantation Surgery

Selected as a 2023 Doody’s Core Title!

With a strong focus on technical efficiency, Operative Techniques in Transplant Surgery takes you step by step through every aspect of solid organ transplantation surgery. Using concise text, full-color illustrations, and operative images, it provides detailed coverage of deceased and living donation, as well as liver, kidney, pancreas, and lung transplantation. You’ll find practical, step-by-step guidance on preoperative, intra-operative, and post-operative clinical decision making, helping you hone your skills and incorporate today’s innovative approaches into your surgical practice.Key Features

• More than 80 global contributors known for their technical expertise share their knowledge and skills.
• Each clinical issue is discussed in the same easy-to-follow format: definition, differential diagnosis, patient history and physical findings, imaging and other diagnostic studies, surgical management, techniques, pearls and pitfalls, postoperative care, outcomes, and complications.
• Comprehensive coverage keeps you up to date on every aspect of the field , including the management of complex portal hypertension in children and adults.
• Full-color, step-by-step explanations of operative procedures help you master each technique, avoid complications, and anticipate outcomes.
• Extensive tables and bulleted text allow for quick and easy reference, while intraoperative photographs provide a surgeons-eye view of each procedure.
• Ideal for anyone involved in transplantation, including medical students, residents, transplant physicians, surgical trainees, and practicing transplant surgeons.

Now with the print edition, enjoy the bundled interactive eBook edition, offering tablet, smartphone, or online access to:

• Complete content with enhanced navigation .
• Powerful search tools and smart navigation cross-links that pull results from content in the book, your notes, and even the web.
• Cross-linked pages, references, and more for easy navigation.
• Highlighting tool for easier reference of key content throughout the text.
• Ability to take and share notes with friends and colleagues.
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Section I Deceased Donor Kidney Procurement

1 Standard Deceased Donor Kidney Procurement
Christie W. Gooden
2 Procurement of Pediatric En Bloc Kidneys
Christoph Troppmann
3 Renal Machine Perfusion and Preimplantation Renal Allograft Biopsy
Michael J. Goldstein and Yuriy Yushkov

Section II Living Donor Kidney Procurement

4 Laparoscopic Hand-Assisted Donor Nephrectomy
Kenneth J. Woodside
5 Fully Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
Bonnie E. Lonze and Dorry L. Segev
6 Open Retroperitoneal Nephrectomy
Leigh Anne Dageforde and Derek E. Moore

Section III Kidney Transplantation Surgical Procedures

7 Adult Kidney Transplantation
Marc L. Melcher and Elyssa J. Feinberg
8 Kidney Transplantation with Complex Arterial Anatomy
Carlton J. Young
9 Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
Peter L. Abt
10 Transplantation of Pediatric En Bloc Kidneys
Christoph Troppmann and Richard V. Perez
11 Kidney Transplantation in the Obese Recipient
Randall S. Sung
12 Renal Allograft Thrombosis
Vinayak S. Rohan, John W. McGillicuddy, and Kenneth D. Chavin
13 Transplant Nephrectomy
Michael J. Englesbe and Seth Waits

Section IV Deceased Donor Liver Procurement

14 Procurement of Liver for Transplantation
Malay B. Shah and Erin C. Maynard
15 Liver and Kidney Donation following Cardiac Death
Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro, Lisa Taylor VanHouwelingen, and Kris P. Croome
16 Back-Table Preparation of the Liver for Transplantation
Sean C. Kumer

Section V Living Donor Liver Procurement

17 Right Hepatectomy for Living Donation
Karim J. Halazun, Masaru Kubota, and Benjamin Samstein
18 Living Donor Left Hepatectomy
Derek DuBay and Anand Ghanekar
19 Left Lateral Segment Living Donor Hepatectomy
Anand Ghanekar

Section VI Whole Graft Liver Transplantation

20 Deceased Donor Transplantation Hepatectomy (Artery, Portal Vein, and Bile Duct)
Karim J. Halazun, Gerardo Kahane, and James V. Guarrera

Section VII Liver Transplantation—Venous Outflow

21 Bicaval Liver Transplantation (with Venovenous Bypass)
Greg J. McKenna
22 Piggyback Liver Transplantation
Jose L. Almeda and W. Kenneth Washburn
23 Liver Transplantation Using a Cavocavostomy
Christopher J. Sonnenday

Section VIII Liver Transplantation—Portal Vein Reconstruction

24 Portal Vein Reconstruction during Liver Transplantation
Joseph F. Magliocca
25 Management of Portal Vein Thrombosis
Ashish Singhal, Flavio Paterno, and Shimul A. Shah
26 Pediatric Portal Vein Reconstruction
Shant Shekherdimian and Annie Fecteau

Section IX Liver Transplantation—Arterial Reconstruction

27 Standard Arterial Reconstruction
Matthew H. Levine
28 Arterial Reconstruction with Replaced Hepatic Arteries
Paolo R. Salvalaggio, Jefferson A. Alves, Roberto F. Meirelles, Jr, Sergio P. Meira Filho, and Marcelo B. Rezende
29 Arterial Reconstruction with an Aortic Conduit
Amit K. Mathur and Theodore H. Welling
30 Arterial Reconstruction in Children
Jaimie D. Nathan, Brian S. Pan, and Greg M. Tiao

Section X Liver Transplantation—Biliary Reconstruction

31 Standard Choledochocholedochostomy
Susan C. Pitt and Christopher D. Anderson
32 Roux-en-Y Biliary Reconstruction
David Lee and Joohyun Kim
33 Choledochoduodenostomy 211
Michael A. Zimmerman and Igal Kam
34 Biliary Reconstruction in Children 214
Ronald T. Cotton, Jacfranz J. Guiteau, John A. Goss, and Christine A. O’Mahony

Section XI Partial Graft Liver Transplantation

35 Right Lobe Liver Transplantation in Adults
James J. Pomposelli
36 Left Lobe Living Donor Liver Transplantation in Adults
Jean F. Botha
37 Left Lobe and Left Lateral Segment Transplantation in Children
Michael J. Englesbe, Amit K. Mathur, and John C. Magee

Section XII Pancreas Transplantation Surgical Procedures

38 Back-Table Preparation of the Pancreas for Transplantation
Zoe A. Stewart
39 Procurement of the Pancreas for Solid Organ and Islet Transplantation
Juan S. Danobeitia and Luis A. Fernandez
40 Pancreas Transplantation with Systemic Venous Drainage
Randall S. Sung
41 Pancreas Transplantation with Portal Venous Outflow
Jeffrey Rogers and Robert J. Stratta
42 Enteric and Bladder Drainage of the Exocrine Pancreas and Enteric Conversion
Ty B. Dunn
43 Transplant Pancreatectomy
David Shaffer

Section XIII Lung Transplantation Surgical Procedures
44 Procurement of Lungs for Transplantation
Rishindra M. Reddy and Philip W. Carrott, Jr
45 Single Lung Transplantation
Andrew C. Chang and Tyler R. Grenda
46 Bilateral Sequential Lung Transplantation
Bassem N. Mora and David P. Mason

Section XIV Portal Hypertension Surgical Procedures

47 Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt
Ranjith Vellody and Narasimham L. Dasika
48 Surgery for Portal Hypertension in Children and Adults
Michael J. Englesbe and Amit K. Mathur

Key Features

• More than 80 global contributors known for their technical expertise share their knowledge and skills.
• Each clinical issue is discussed in the same easy-to-follow format: definition, differential diagnosis, patient history and physical findings, imaging and other diagnostic studies, surgical management, techniques, pearls and pitfalls, postoperative care, outcomes, and complications.
• Comprehensive coverage keeps you up to date on every aspect of the field , including the management of complex portal hypertension in children and adults.
• Full-color, step-by-step explanations of operative procedures help you master each technique, avoid complications, and anticipate outcomes.
• Extensive tables and bulleted text allow for quick and easy reference, while intraoperative photographs provide a surgeons-eye view of each procedure.
• Ideal for anyone involved in transplantation, including medical students, residents, transplant physicians, surgical trainees, and practicing transplant surgeons.

Now with the print edition, enjoy the bundled interactive eBook edition, offering tablet, smartphone, or online access to:

• Complete content with enhanced navigation .
• Powerful search tools and smart navigation cross-links that pull results from content in the book, your notes, and even the web.
• Cross-linked pages, references, and more for easy navigation.
• Highlighting tool for easier reference of key content throughout the text.
• Ability to take and share notes with friends and colleagues.
• Quick reference tabbing to save your favorite content for future use.