1st Edition

Living Donor Kidney Transplantation Current Practices, Emerging Trends and Evolving Challenges

Edited By Jonas Wadström, Robert Gaston Copyright 2005
208 Pages
by CRC Press

208 Pages
by CRC Press

Living donor kidney (LDK) transplantation has become the definitive approach to the treatment of end-stage renal failure, providing a better quality of life and the best opportunity for survival when compared with dialysis or transplantation from a deceased donor. A timely compendium of the modern day practice of LDK transplantation from a group of outstanding international experts, this text... Read more
1 Introduction
2 Historical background
3 Immunological aspects
4 Living donor evaluation
5 Pre-emptive transplantation
6 Marginal donors
7 Surgery of the living donor
8 Donor outcomes: long-term follow-up
9 Psychosocial effects of donation
10 Overcoming immunologic barriers: ABO incompatibility
11 Positive cross-matches
12 Paired exchange
13 List-paired and non-directed donation
14 Legal and ethical dilemmas
15 Financial and insurance issues
16 Arguments for paid living donation
17 Arguments against paid living donation

Biography

Jonas Wadström, Robert Gaston

'Overall this is an excellent reference for the evaluation, selection and discussion of the living donor.' - American Journal of Kidney Disease

'This is a unique book in its focus on the topics of living donor kidney transplantation. It is a scholarly review of the subject and thus an important reference with high educational value.'- Doody's Book Review Service