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Technical Innovation and Visceral Transplantation

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The improvement in outcomes of intestinal and multivisceral transplantation during the past two decades is the result of several factors, including innovations in surgical techniques. As it has become more practical, visceral transplantation has been successfully performed in patients with different forms of irreversible gastrointestinal failure. Accordingly, different combinations of en bloc abdominal visceral organ transplants are being used more frequently. In this chapter, we describe the three main prototypes of visceral transplantation and discuss the most relevant technical modifications of both the donor and recipient procedures.

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  1. Center for Gut Rehabilitation and Transplantation, Transplant Center, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk A-100, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA

    Masato Fujiki M.D., Ph.D., Koji Hashimoto M.D., Ph.D., Ajai Khanna M.D., Ph.D., Cristiano Quintini M.D., Guilherme Costa M.D. & Kareem Abu-Elmagd M.D., Ph.D.

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Fujiki, M., Hashimoto, K., Khanna, A., Quintini, C., Costa, G., Abu-Elmagd, K. (2017). Technical Innovation and Visceral Transplantation. In: Subramaniam, K., Sakai, T. (eds) Anesthesia and Perioperative Care for Organ Transplantation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6377-5_39

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