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91 Intestinal and multivisceral transplantation

ABDOMINAL CLOSURE

ABDOMINAL CLOSURE One of the most challenging parts of a multivisceral/intes tinal transplant is ...

ASSESSMENT FOR TRANSPLANTATION

ASSESSMENT FOR TRANSPLANTATION Assessment for a multivisceral/intestinal transplant requires a mu...

BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND Intestinal and multivisceral transplantation can be a life-saving therapy for patients...

Early postoperative

Early postoperative Many patients considered for multivisceral/intestinal trans - plantation have...

FURTHER READING

FURTHER READING Abu-Elmagd K, Mazariegos G, Armanyous S et al . Five hundred - patients with gut ...

INDICATIONS FOR

INDICATIONS FOR

Immunosuppression and rejection

Immunosuppression and rejection The rate of acute cellular rejection for intestinal grafts is hi...

Infectious complications

Infectious complications Infection is the leading cause of death in multivisceral/ intestinal tr...

Introduction

INTRODUCTION The first reported intestine-containing transplant in humans was performed in 1966, w...

Learning objectives

Learning objectives To understand: The indications for intestinal transplantation • The assessm...

OUTCOMES

OUTCOMES Graft and patient outcomes vary depending on the type of transplant undertaken with surv...

POST-TRANSPLANT COMPLICATIONS

POST-TRANSPLANT COMPLICATIONS With the complexity of multivisceral/intestinal transplantation co...

PREOPERATIVE PLANNING

PREOPERATIVE PLANNING The decision regarding the type of transplant to be performed is dependent...

SUMMARY

SUMMARY Multivisceral and intestinal transplantation remains a complex and uncommon treatment, h...

THE TRANSPLANT

THE TRANSPLANT Multivisceral/intestinal transplants are almost invariably performed with organs d...

TRANSPLANTATION

TRANSPLANTATION Complications from PN for irreversible intestinal failure are the most well-estab...

TYPES OF TRANSPLANT

TYPES OF TRANSPLANT Multivisceral or intestinal transplant covers a number of di ff erent ‘cluster...