Contemporary Liver Transplantation: The Successful Liver Transplant Program (Hardcover, 2017)

Section 1, historical prospective.- History of liver transplantation.- Section 2, the operation.- Orthotopic liver transplantation.- Organ procurement.- Live donor liver transplant.- Split liver transplantation.- Combined transplantations.- Section 3, anesthesia management.- Anesthesia management of liver transplant.- Section 4, transplant hepatology.- HCC.- NASH.- Fulminant hepatic failure.- HCV.- Other viral diseases.- Section 5, infectious disease, immunology and pathology of liver transplant.- Infections and sepsis after liver transplantation.- The immune system.- Pathology.- TIPS.- Section 7, basic science in liver transplantation.- Xenotransplantation.- Stem cells and liver failure: a new horizon.- Section 8, special topics.- Pediatric liver transplantation.- Pregnancy after liver transplantation.- Rehabilitation after liver transplantation.- Palliative care in liver transplantation, when to consult a specialist.- Artificial liver treatment, when and which one?.- Liver auto-transplant.- The role of integrate medicine in liver failure and after liver transplantation.- Diet and exercise before and after liver transplantation.- Liver transplantation - medical home.- Section 9, the contemporary successful liver transplant program.- Regulatory agencies in transplantation.- Quality measure of a contemporary liver transplant program.- The role of transplant coordinators.- The finance of liver transplantation.- The role of the epidemiologist in a liver transplant program.- How to effectively run a contemporary liver transplant program in the third millennium in North America.- Liability of transplant programs in North America in the third millennium.