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LUNG TRANSPLANTATION Pulmonary transplantation has made significant advances since the first human ...

Future perspectives Contemporary immunosuppressive therapies and modern surgical and perioperativ...

HEART TRANSPLANTATION The incidence of heart failure is increasing as the population ages and co...

Heart retrieval After exposing the heart by median sternotomy and opening - the pericardium the o...

FURTHER READING Miller L, Birks E, Guglin M et al . Use of ventricular assist devices and heart ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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