Procurement, Preservation and Allocation of Vascularized Organs

1. Organ Preservation

   1. Liver preservation: historical review of preservation techniques

      • N. V. Jamieson

      Pages 159-167

   2. Heart and lung preservation

      • Winston N. Wicomb

      Pages 169-172

   3. Small bowel preservation

      • Francisco J. Rodríguez-Quilantán, Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

      Pages 173-179

   4. Pancreas preservation

      • David E. R. Sutherland, Kay Moudry-Munns, Angelika Gruessner

      Pages 181-191

2. Allocation and Logistics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193

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   2. Principles of kidney allocation

      • J. De Meester, G. G. Persijn

      Pages 195-199

   3. Principles of liver allocation in Eurotransplant

      • Uwe Jost, Burkhard Ringe

      Pages 201-207

   4. Principles of heart allocation

      • Axel Haverich

      Pages 209-216

   5. Kidney allocation in highly sensitized patients

      • Frans H. J. Claas

      Pages 217-222

   6. Principles of lung allocation

      • Keith McNeil, John Wallwork

      Pages 223-226

   7. Organization and logistics in organ exchange

      • B. Haase-Kromwijk, J. M. J. De Meester, G. G. Persijn

      Pages 227-232

   8. Costs of transplantation

      • F. Th. De Charro, A. De Wit

      Pages 233-240

   9. The role of the transplant coordinator

      • Celia Wight

      Pages 241-247

   10. Organ availability in Europe: problems and results

       • Guido G. Persijn, Bernard Cohen

       Pages 249-253

   11. Donor hospital development in non-university hospitals

       • Leo Roels

       Pages 255-262

   12. Kidney preservation and graft outcome: Eurotransplant experience

       • J. M. J. De Meester, J. M. A. Smits, G. G. Persijn

       Pages 263-270

   13. Primary dysfunction after orthotopic liver transplantation

       • Rutger J. Ploeg

       Pages 271-280

   14. Results of intestinal transplantation

       • R. Margreiter

       Pages 281-284

   15. Cardiac transplant survival in relation to preservation

       • M. M. Koerner, G. Tenderich, H. Posival, S. Wlost, H. Gromzik, R. Koerfer

       Pages 285-291

3. Ethics and Legislation in Organ Donation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 293-293

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At the brink of the third millennium organ transplanta­ mati on how, in the case of shortage, a fair allocation of tion will become routine and the results will be so ex­ the scarce organs can be achieved. This is a very cellent that every patient in need of a transplant timely subject that continues to be discussed between deserves to be transplanted. How to provide every doctors and between laymen. patient with his or her organ and how to guarantee This book serves the needs of several groups of that the organ is in a superb condition? That is the specialists working with transplant patients. Firstly, the challenge for all of us privileged to work in this doctors who are directly involved in the care of the magnificent field of medicine. multi-organ donor, and who have to collaborate to do In this book, an international team of experts has the best for their recipients. Heart surgeons might like laid down their intellectual knowledge on the process to learn from liver surgeons and vice versa. Secondly, that precedes successful transplantation: Procurement, the paramedical specialist who is involved in the treat­ Preservation and Allocation. In four sections important ment of transplant patients and their families will find aspects of this preamble of the actual transplantation in this book many answers to questions. Students can are dealt with. also use it as a source for general information.

• Surgery
• intensive care
• kidney
• liver transplantation
• organ
• pancreas
• physiology
• transplantation

• Department of Transplantation, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, USA

  G. M. Collins

• Transplantation Pavillon V, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France

  J. M. Dubernard

• Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Klinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

  W. Land

• Eurotransplant Foundation, Leiden, The Netherlands

  G. G. Persijn

Policies and ethics