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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsEvolution of transplantation medicine BRIEF HISTORY OF PLT HEALTH SYSTEM BACKGROUND REQUIREMENTS FOR PLT Before transplantation Brain death criteria Non-heart beating donors Donor procurement Managing a scarce resource: Differences in donor allocation across the world INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS (and their evolution) - General aspects (List of diagnoses) PREPARATION FOR PLT Medical (immunisations/cardiac/renal/neurological aspects) Surgical and Radiological aspects Psychological/Social aspects Paediatric liver transplantation ANAESTHETIC ASPECTS (Risk assessment) SURGICAL ASPECTS (Choice of donor for PLT, Prevention of thrombosis/anticoagulation) SURGICAL TECHNIQUES Split graft Living-related Auxiliary Domino Techniques and present role of hepatocyte transplantation STRATEGIES IN IMMUNE SUPPRESSION (Immune ablation, renal-sparing, steroid-sparing) Management after Transplantation INTENSIVE CARE ASPECTS ANTI-INFECTION STRATEGIES Viral Bacterial Fungal EARLY COMPLICATIONS SURGICAL (biliary, vascular, etc.) MEDICAL ROLE OF HISTOLOGY AFTER PLT ROLE OF RADIOLOGY AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY AFTER PLT LATE COMPLICATIONS SURGICAL (graft re-modelling, secondary portal hypertension/shunts) MEDICAL (recurrent disease post-PLT, de novo AIH, post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease, nephrotoxicity) PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS AFTER PLT (social reintegration, medication adherence, family planning, education) PROSPECTS FOR IMMUNE TOLERANCE (possibilities for safe withdrawal of immunosuppression) TRANSITION TO ADULT SERVICES (smooth handover of care to a different system) FUTURE REQUIREMENTS
