Modern liver transplantation science

Author: Yan Lunan
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book is a comprehensive academic monograph in China that systematically introduces the basic knowledge and clinical skills of liver transplantation. It fully elaborates on the past and future of liver transplantation, its social and economic value, and ethical issues. The book covers fundamental knowledge of liver transplantation, experimental animal models, donor and recipient selection, imaging assessment methods, preoperative preparation, anesthesia, and extracorporeal circulation with bio-pumps. It also discusses liver resection for recipient diseases, pediatric liver transplantation, auxiliary liver transplantation, combined organ transplantation, liver transplantation for chronic hepatitis B and C, echinococcosis, biliary diseases, Budd-Chiari syndrome, alcoholic liver disease, metabolic diseases, liver malignancies, and re-liver transplantation. Additionally, it addresses liver cell transplantation, xenotransplantation of the liver, early postoperative complications, intensive care, immunosuppressive therapy, gene therapy, late postoperative complications, long-term patient management, and survival issues. The book also includes the clinical experience of the West China Liver Transplantation Center at Sichuan University. The primary target audience includes basic researchers, clinical physicians, graduate students, and related professionals in the field of liver transplantation.