A concise, illustrated guide to the operative techniques and medical management of liver transplantation
Filled with more than 1,000 images, illustrations, and bulleted text, this book provides a highly visual approach to liver transplantations for surgeons, gastroenterologists, hepatologists, and other healthcare professionals who treat patients with acute and chronic liver failure that requires full or partial transplantation.
You'll find coverage of all the topics relevant to liver transplantation, including ethics, complications, live and deceased donor evaluation, pharmacology, and anesthesia. Chapters examine the essentials of liver disease, pre-and post-operative patient management, operative techniques, pathology and imaging, and more.