KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION. PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Kidney Transplantation :A History

2. Immunology of Graft Rejection

3. ChronicKidney Failure: Renal Replacement Therapy

4. The Recipient ofa Kidney Transplant

5. Access for RenalReplacement Therapy

6. BrainDeath and Cardiac Death: Donor Criteria and Care of Deceased Donor

7. Medical Evaluation of a PotentialLiving Donor

8. DonorNephrectomy

9. KidneyPreservation

10. Histocompatibility in KidneyTransplantation

11. Surgical Techniques of KidneyTransplantation

12. Transplantation and the Abnormal Bladder

13. Perioperative Care of Patients UndergoingKidney Transplantation

14. Early Course of the Patient witha Kidney Transplantation

15. Azathioprine

16. Steroids

17. CalcineurinInhibitors

18. Mycophenolates

19. mTorInhibitors: Sirolimus and Everolimus

20. Antilymphocyte Globulin, Monoclonal Antibodiesand Fusion Proteins

21. Belatacept

22. OtherForms ofImmunosuppression

23. Approaches to the Induction of Tolerance

24. Transplantation in the SensitizedRecipient and across ABOBlood Groups

25. KidneyPaired DonationPrograms for Living Donors

26. Pathology of KidneyTransplantation

27. ChronicAllograft Failure

28. Vascular and LymphaticComplications after KidneyTransplantation

29. Urological Complications afterKidney Transplantation

30. Cardiovascular Complications afterKidney Transplantation

31. Infection in KidneyTransplant Recipients

32. LiverDisease among Kidney Transplant Recipients

33. Neurological Complications afterKidney Transplantation

34. Nonmalignant and MalignantSkin Lesions in KidneyTransplant Patients

35. Cancer in Dialysisand Kidney Transplant Patients

36. Kidney and PancreasTransplantation for Diabetic Nephropathy

37. Kidney Transplantation in Children

38. Kidney Transplantation in DevelopingCountries

39. Results of KidneyTransplantation

40. Psychological Aspects of KidneyTransplantation and Organ Donation

41. Ethical and Legal Aspectsof Kidney Donation

42. Evidencein Transplantation

AUTHOR INFORMATION

By Peter Morris,MD, PhD, FRS, FRCS, EmeritusNuffield Professor of Surgery, Universityof Oxford; Honorary Professor, University of London; Director, Centre for Evidence in Transplantation, Royal College of Surgeons ofEngland; London, UK and Stuart J. Knechtle, MD, FACS, ClinicalDirector, Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics,Mason Chair of Transplant Surgery, Emory Transplant Center; Atlanta, GA,USA