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Artificial Organs

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Editors:
  1. Nadey S. Hakim
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  • Highlights significant advances that have been made in this fast-evolving field
  • Chapters compare the artificial organ to what is currently available from the transplant point of view to highlight the current and modern available techniques for organ replacement
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: New Techniques in Surgery Series (NEWTECHN, volume 4)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Management of Multiorgan Failure After Artificial Organ Implantation

    • Michael Devile, Parind Patel, Carlos Mh Gómez
    Pages 1-19

  3. Artificial Circulatory Support

    • John Mulholland
    Pages 21-37

  4. The Artificial Kidney

    • Christopher Kirwan, Andrew Frankel
    Pages 39-55

  5. Liver Substitution

    • Sambit Sen, Roger Williams
    Pages 57-76

  6. Glucose Sensors and Insulin Pumps: Prospects for an Artificial Pancreas

    • Martin Press
    Pages 77-91

  7. From Basic Wound Healing to Modern Skin Engineering

    • L. C. Andersson, H.C. Nettelblad, G. Kratz
    Pages 93-105

  8. Artificial Sphincters

    • Austin Obichere, Ibnauf Suliman
    Pages 107-132

  9. Cochlear Implant

    • George Fayad, Behrad Elmiyeh
    Pages 133-136

  10. Stem Cells and Organ Replacement

    • Nataša Levičar, Ioannis Dimarakis, Catherine Flores, Evangelia I Prodromidi, Myrtle Y Gordon, Nagy A Habib
    Pages 137-163

  11. Composite Tissue Transplantation: A Stage Between Surgical Reconstruction and Cloning

    • Earl R. Owen, Nadey S. Hakim
    Pages 165-177

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 179-183
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About this book

Artificial organs have come a long way since the first dialysis machine, the rotating artificial kidney, was invented in 1944 by Willem Johan Kolff, who is known as the ‘‘father of artificial organs’’. At that time he met stiff resistance from his hospital superiors but his persistence paid off and a million saved lives have been attributed to his first invention. He was indeed the first to mix medicine and engineering. An artificial organ is any machine, device, or other material that is used to replace the functions of a faulty or missing organ or other parts of the human body. Some body parts are more of a challenge than others. The heart has one purpose and it is to pump blood; however, the liver has biochemical and physiological functions which are difficult to simulate. The implantation of an artificial organ is critical because of the patient life dependency on the artificial organ itself. The treatment of choice is organ transplantation, however, transplant candidates face a long waiting time and many die while on the waiting list. In addition there are patients who are excluded from transplantation because of age or presence of other diseases. This book p- sents an overview of the current state of knowledge of artificial organs including the liver, pancreas, kidney, heart, cochlea, skin, stem cells, composite tissue allograft, and sphincters.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Artificial Organs

  • Editors: Nadey S. Hakim

  • Series Title: New Techniques in Surgery Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-283-2

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-84882-281-8Published: 12 June 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-84996-833-1Published: 28 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-84882-283-2Published: 12 June 2009

  • Series ISSN: 2199-2452

  • Series E-ISSN: 2199-2460

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 190

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 53 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Surgery, Transplant Surgery, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

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