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9780443113291: Kidney Transplantation: Principles and Practice
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ISBN 10: 0443113297 ISBN 13: 9780443113291
Editorial: Churchill Livingstone, 2025

Sinopsis

**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Nephrology** **Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Transplantation Surgery** A must-have resource for all members of the transplant team, Kidney Transplantation: Principles and Practice, 9th Edition, provides comprehensive, up-to-date information on every aspect of this complex field. Drs. Stuart J. Knechtle and Lorna P. Marson, along with a global team of internationally renowned surgeons and nephrologists, offer balanced coverage of both surgical techniques and medical considerations related to kidney transplantation. With updates from cover to cover, this core reference delivers the practical guidance you need to achieve optimal outcomes in both adults and children. Offers state-of-the-art coverage of all areas of kidney transplantation such as preservation of kidneys; mechanisms of rejection and the induction of tolerance; techniques of laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy; and immunosuppression Contains up-to-date outcomes data and analysis of the evidence supporting current practice in the field Includes new chapters on xenotransplantation and COVID-19 in renal transplantation Adds new information on normothermic regional perfusion to the discussion of DCD organ donation and ethics of transplantation, and new information on iBox (the first universal algorithm for predicting the risk of kidney transplant loss) to the biomarkers section Provides relevant, up-to-date information on kidney transplant for all members of the transplant team, with practical information on applied science, clinical information, and surgical procedures Features intraoperative videos and hundreds of superb illustrations to help readers visualize key concepts and nuances of renal transplantation Covers each major immunosuppressive drug in individual chapters, and provides a reference list of all randomized trials for convenient access to critical information An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date

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Stuart Knechtle, M.D. is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Surgery and Executive Director of the Duke Transplant Center. He trained in surgery at Duke and in transplant surgery at the University of Wisconsin, Madison where he was appointed as the first Ray D. Owen Professor of Transplantation. He moved to Emory University in 2008 as the Carlos and Marguerite Mason Professor of Liver Transplantation. In 2015 he returned to Duke to establish the Duke Transplant Center and serve as its Executive Director. He holds the William R. Kenan, Jr. Chair in Surgery at Duke. His clinical practice includes kidney, pancreas, and liver transplantation. He directs translational research in transplant immunology and currently serves as Principal Investigator of two NIH-funded clinical trials addressing the challenges of antibody-mediated injury of kidney transplants. He has published over 400 peer reviewed papers, over 60 book chapters, edited four textbooks, and serves on several editorial boards including Annals of Surgery.

Lorna Marson is Professor of Transplant Surgery at the University of Edinburgh, and Honorary Consultant Surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Lorna held a Clinician Scientist Award from the Academy of Medical Sciences/ Health Foundation from 2003-2008, and continues to work in clinically relevant research in renal transplantation, with translation of a novel agent from bench to bedside. Lorna is Past President of the British Transplantation Society, elected Board member of the European Kidney Transplant Association, and Co-Director of the UK Organ Donation and Transplantation Research Network. She is Associate Medical Director for Research and Development, Organ and Tissues Donation and Transplantation, NHS Blood and Transplant.

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Editorial
Churchill Livingstone
Año de publicación
2025
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0443113297
ISBN 13 
9780443113291
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
752
Editor
Knechtle MD FACS Stuart J., Marson MD FRSE Lorna P.
Contacto del fabricante
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