Table of Contents

Pretransplant Evaluation and Management.- Indications for Liver Transplantation.- Evaluation of Candidates for Liver Transplantation.- Management of the Patient Awaiting Liver Transplantation.- Pretransplant Evaluation: Kidney and Pancreas.- Psychiatric and Social Workup of the Abdominal Organ Recipient.- The Role of the Transplant Coordinator.- Organ Procurement and Preservation.- Organ Donation and the Allocation System.- Surgical Techniques for Liver Procurement.- Surgical Techniques for Kidney and Pancreas Procurement.- Recipient Operative Techniques and Strategies.- The Liver Transplant Procedure.- The Kidney Transplant Procedure.- The Pancreas Transplant Procedure.- Anesthesia in Abdominal Organ Transplantation.- Immediate Postoperative Care and Complications.- Postoperative Care in Liver Transplantation.- Postoperative Care in Kidney Transplantation.- Postoperative Care in Pancreas Transplantation.- Immunosuppression, Rejection Prophylaxis, and Other Pharmacotherapy of the Transplant Recipient.- Last Postoperative Complications and Outcomes.- General Late Complications in Transplantation.- Organ-specific Late Complications in Transplantation.- Results of Abdominal Organ Transplantation.- Diagnostic Tools in Abdominal Transplantation.- Pathology of Transplantation.- Radiology in Transplantation.- Endoscopy in Liver Transplantation.