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Auxiliary liver transplantation Auxiliary LT involves implanting a healthy liver graft placed eit...

The immune response to a transplanted organ The main immune cells involved in transplant immunolo...

Static cold storage Hypothermia suppresses metabolism to maintain organ viability . The first requ...

Surgical complications of renal transplantation Haemorrhage A haematoma may develop in the transp...

TRANSPLANT REJECTION Allograft rejection can be divided into distinct types. - -

Rationale for kidney transplantation Kidney transplantation improves life expectancy and quality...

Renal transplant operative technique The donor kidney is transplanted heterotopically into one of...

Renal transplantation in children In children with established renal failure, kidney transplanta ...

Selection of patients for transplantation Potential transplant recipients undergo a rigorous wor...

ORGAN PRESERVATION Transplant organs need to be stored and preserved in the period between procur...

Outcomes after renal transplantation Patient and graft survivals vary according to donor type and...

RENAL TRANSPLANT SURGERY Preparation of the donor kidney The donor kidney must be examined and pr...

Normothermic machine perfusion Normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) utilises the prin - ciples of...

Normothermic regional perfusion This technique has been developed for donation after circu latory...

ORGAN DONATION Donation after brainstem death Brainstem death occurs after severe brain injury as...

Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors The mTOR inhibitors rapamycin and everolimus act ...

Minimally invasive donor nephrectomy Laparoscopic surgery is now widely established and there are...

Learning objectives To recognise and understand: The immunological basis of allograft rejection •...

Living donation Living kidney donation is possible because most individuals have two healthy kidn...

Living donor kidney transplantation This accounts for approximately 1000 kidney transplants annu ...