Transplantation of the Pancreas

The new edition of this textbook covers all aspects of pancreas transplantation: indications, recipient categories, surgical donor and recipient techniques, living donor transplantation, postoperative management and follow-up, post-transplant complications and malignancies, immunosuppression, treatm...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gruessner, Rainer W. G. (Editor), Gruessner, Angelika C. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2023, 2023
Edition:2nd ed. 2023
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Diabetes Mellitus: Classification and Diagnosis
  • Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of Diabetes Mellitus Type 1
  • Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
  • Nontransplant Treatment Options for Diabetes Mellitus and Limitations
  • History of Pancreas Transplantation
  • Experimental Pancreas Transplantation
  • Organ Allocation
  • Donor Selection
  • Pancreas Preservation
  • Donor Procurement
  • Surgical back-table procedures
  • Recipient selection and recipient categories
  • Pretransplant Evaluation and Cardiac Risk Assessment
  • Recipient procedures
  • Initial/Transplant hospitalization
  • Imaging Studies
  • Surgical Complications
  • Graft Thrombosis
  • Medical Complications
  • Posttransplant Infections and PTLD
  • Non-immunological Endocrine Graft Dysfunction
  • Immunosuppressive therapy
  • Donor Specific Antibodies and Antibody Mediated Rejection
  • Immunobiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Rejection
  • Pancreas Graft Pathology
  • Immunology
  • Endocrine Function and Metabolic Outcome (Dyslipidemia) including a comparison of Pancreas vs. Islet Transplantation
  • Impact on Secondary Complications of Diabetes Mellitus
  • Defining Outcomes for b-Cell Replacement Therapy
  • The Current State of Pancreas Transplantation in the World - A Registry Report
  • Outcome Comparison of Pancreas vs. Islet Transplantation
  • Donation after Cardiac Death
  • Management of Graft Failure and Retransplantation
  • Transplantation of Minorities, Young and Elderly
  • Long-Term Pancreas Graft Function
  • Quality of Life
  • Pregnancy after Pancreas Transplantation
  • Formulas for successful Pancreas Transplant Programs
  • Accreditation and Certification
  • Economic Issues including Insurance Coverage
  • The Future of Pancreas Transplantation
  • Pancreas Autotransplantation
  • Islet Autotransplantation
  • Islet Allotransplantation
  • Islet Xenotransplantation