Transplantation of the Pancreas

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Diabetes Mellitus: Classification and Epidemiology

   • Shalamar D. Sibley, Elizabeth R. Seaquist

   Pages 1-9

3. Diabetes Mellitus: Pathogenesis and Natural History

   • Jay S. Skyler

   Pages 11-27

4. Limitations of Nontransplant Treatment Options for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

   • David M. Kendall, Richard M. Bergenstal

   Pages 29-38

5. History of Pancreas Transplantation

   • David E. R. Sutherland, Rainer W. G. Gruessner

   Pages 39-68

6. Experimental Pancreas Transplantation

   • Alan C. Farney, Mikel Prieto, Ari J. Cohen, Scott L. Nyberg, Mark D. Stegall

   Pages 69-89

7. Pancreas and Islet Transplant Population

   • David E. R. Sutherland

   Pages 91-102

8. Pretransplant Evaluation and Cardiac Risk Assessment

   • Khalid Khwaja, Abhinav Humar

   Pages 103-109

9. Surgical Aspects of Pancreas Transplantation

   • Enrico Benedetti, Pierpaolo Sileri, Raja Kandaswamy, Rainer W. G. Gruessner, David S. Beebe, Kumar G. Belani

   Pages 111-178

10. Postoperative Management

    • John P. Leone, Kecia Christensen, Rajat Bhargava, David W. Hunter, Christoph Troppmann, Victor Lazaron et al.

    Pages 179-266

11. Immunosuppression in Pancreas Transplantation

    • Dixon B. Kaufman, Rainer W. G. Gruessner

    Pages 267-347

12. Immunobiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Pancreas Graft Rejection

    • Rainer W. G. Gruessner

    Pages 349-380

13. Pancreas Graft Pathology

    • Raouf E. Nakhleh

    Pages 381-392

14. Immunology in Pancreas Transplantation

    • Rainer W. G. Gruessner, George W. Burke III, Gaetano Ciancio, Rolando García-Morales, Joshua Miller

    Pages 393-421

15. Living Donor Pancreas Transplantation

    • Rainer W. G. Gruessner

    Pages 423-440

16. Endocrine Function and Metabolic Outcomes in Pancreas and Islet Transplantation

    • R. Paul Robertson

    Pages 441-454

17. Effects of Pancreas Transplantation on Secondary Complications of Diabetes

    • Paola Fioretto, Michael Mauer, Arthur W. Walsh, Michael D. Elliott, Michael Chen, Dixon B. Kaufman et al.

    Pages 455-508

18. Quality of Life for Pancreas Recipients

    • Cynthia R. Gross, Angelika C. Gruessner, Charoen Treesak

    Pages 509-519

19. Long-Term Pancreas Graft Function

    • Rainer W. G. Gruessner, Angelika C. Gruessner

    Pages 521-530

20. Economic Issues in Pancreas Transplantation

    • Angelika C. Gruessner, Cynthia R. Gross, Rainer W. G. Gruessner

    Pages 531-538

Although pancreas transplants have been performed for more than 30 years, the last few years have witnessed significant growth in the options available for pancreas transplantation. Transplantation of the Pancreas, edited by Drs. Gruessner and Sutherland provides a state-of-the-art, definitive reference work on pancreas transplantation for transplant surgeons and physicians as well as for endocrinologists, diabetologists, nephrologists, and neurologists. The editors, from the renowned University of Minnesota Transplant Division and the Diabetes Institute, have assembled a group of renowned experts to provide an all-inclusive overview of pancreas transplantation. The text features insights on the pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus and the limitations of nontransplant treatments, highlights experimental research and clinical history of pancreas transplantation, and compares and contrasts different surgical procedures. The discussions detail the broad spectrum of post-transplant complications and their treatments, which frequently require skills in general, vascular, and laparoscopic surgery; interventional radiology; critical care; and infectious disease. Chapters on pretransplant evaluation, immunosuppression, immunology, pathology, long-term outcome, quality of life, and cost-effectiveness focus on issues unique to pancreas recipients. Evolving areas, such as pretransplant evaluation of pancreas transplant candidates, living donation, and the current status of islet transplantation are discussed. Augmented by more than 280 illustrations, including full color line drawings created exclusively for the text, this book is the standard reference for all transplant professionals as well as for all physicians caring for the transplant patient.

• Diabetes
• Diabetes mellitus
• Immunosuppression
• Pancreas
• Surgery
• growth
• interventional radiology
• laparoscopic surgery
• transplantation

From the reviews:

"A complete reference textbook in the field of pancreatic transplantation. Its excellent chapters consist of discussions of historical considerations, the pathogenesis of diabetes, and the immunology and treatment of rejection. … with excellent color illustrations of operative techniques. … This textbook will make possible one-stop shopping for surgical and medical transplantation fellows entering the field of pancreas transplantation. It will also serve as a reference for specialists already active in the area, as well as for physicians … ." (Michael E. Shapiro, The New England Journal of Medicine, October, 2005)

"This outstanding book details all the fields that play a crucial role in the success of transplantation of insulin-producing tissue. All the parts are exhaustively treated and illustrated. It represents a useful and practical instrument in helping to solve the everyday problems of medical practice related to diabetic and transplanted patients. This book should be present in the library of all those involved in islet and pancreas transplantation in diabetic patients." (V. Di Carlo, Digestive and Liver Disease, Vol. 37, 2005)

 

• Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

  Rainer W. G. Gruessner, David E. R. Sutherland

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