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...