Skip to main content
Book cover

Current Issues in Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2002

Overview

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

eBook USD 189.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 249.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 249.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (23 papers)

  1. Technical Aspects and Physiological Problems in Split/Living Donor Liver Transplantation

  2. Viral Hepatitis and Liver Transplantation

  3. Current Status and Future Prospects in Small Bowel Transplantation

Keywords

About this book

In Japan, cadaveric donor liver transplantation is not common even though cadaveric organ transplantation was legally established in 1998. In contrast, the number of living donor liver transplantations is increasing, with more than 1700 cases at 43 Japanese institutes by November 2001. Indications for and have become living donor liver transplantation are widening in Japan similar to those for cadaveric donor liver transplantation in the United States and Europe. At the same time, split liver transplantation from cadaveric donors shares some technical aspects with living donor liver transplantation. Remarkable progress has been reported recently, and thus it was an auspicious time to hold a symposium on "Current issues in liver/small bowel transplantation" in Japan. We were honored to hold a very fruitful symposium sponsored by the Keio University Medical Science Fund and to bring together top-rank transplant surgeons from Japan and other countries. It was a productive and rewarding time for all participants. We were able to share our experience through excellent presentations followed by active discussions and insightful com­ ments. At the symposium, we focused on current issues in liver transplanta­ tion such as widening indications for viral hepatitis and malignant tumors. We also discussed technical aspects and physiological problems in split/iiving donor liver transplant, novel strategies in immunosuppression, and the current status and future prospects in small bowel transplantation. This book contains the papers from all the distinguished guest speakers, focusing on the topics discussed at the symposium.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Masaki Kitajima, Motohide Shimazu, Go Wakabayashi, Ken Hoshino, Minoru Tanabe, Shigeyuki Kawachi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Current Issues in Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation

  • Editors: Masaki Kitajima, Motohide Shimazu, Go Wakabayashi, Ken Hoshino, Minoru Tanabe, Shigeyuki Kawachi

  • Series Title: Keio University International Symposia for Life Sciences and Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-67889-2

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Japan 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-70332-7Published: 01 April 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-68005-5Published: 13 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-67889-2Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 186

  • Topics: Transplant Surgery

Publish with us