Technological Advances in Organ Transplantation

Description

This book provides an expert view into the current technologies that are revolutionizing the field of solid organ transplantation. This unique book provides insight into progress made in areas spanning robotic surgery to tissue engineering and also gives a glimpse into what may lie ahead for this innovative specialty. Topics covered include nanotherapy, machine perfusion, artificial organ development, robotics in transplant surgery, mobile health technology, stem cell therapy, and ex vivo repair of organs. This is an ideal book for biomedical engineers, physicians and surgeons, general and transplant surgeons, medical students, medical and surgical trainees, and transplant procurement technicians. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Historical Review of Solid Organ Transplantation (Bernard J. DuBray, Ronald W. Busuttil)....Pages 1-19 Machine Perfusion of Organs (Matthew F. Blum, Qiang Liu, Basem Soliman, Toshihiro Okamoto, Bahar Bassiri-Gharb, Teresa Diago Uso et al.)....Pages 21-62 Mobile Health Technology in Transplantation (James N. Fleming, John W. McGillicuddy, Frank A. Treiber)....Pages 63-85 Advances in Vascular Access (Felicitas L. Koller, Kenneth J. Woodside)....Pages 87-115 Robotic Surgery in Organ Transplantation (Ivo Tzvetanov, Sandra Garcia Aroz, Mario Spaggiari, Enrico Benedetti)....Pages 117-132 Cellular Therapy in Transplantation and Tolerance (Gavin M. Mason, Jayna Patel, Leena Halim, Niloufar Safinia, Giovanna Lombardi)....Pages 133-150 Organ Preservation, Ischemia Reperfusion Injury, and Nanotherapeutics in Transplantation (Kunal J. Patel, Carl Atkinson, Ann-Marie Broome, Satish N. Nadig)....Pages 151-179 Tissue Bioengineering in Transplantation (Ravi Katari, Lauren Edgar, Kevin Enck, Andrea Peloso, Riccardo Tamburrini, Giuseppe Orlando)....Pages 181-213 New Strategies in Composite Tissue Allotransplantation (Gerald Brandacher, Maria Chicco, W. P. Andrew Lee)....Pages 215-234 Ex Vivo Organ Repair (Drug and Gene Delivery) (Daisuke Nakajima, Marcelo Cypel, Shaf Keshavjee)....Pages 235-259 3D Bioprinting in Transplantation (Armando Salim Munoz-Abraham, Christopher Ibarra, Raghav Agarwal, John Geibel, David C. Mulligan)....Pages 261-276 Xenotransplantation (J. A. Shah, B. Ekser, P. A. Vagefi)....Pages 277-295 Big Data and Kidney Transplantation: Basic Concepts and Initial Experiences (David J. Taber, Amit K. Mathur, Titte R. Srinivas)....Pages 297-313