Abstract
Intestinal transplant remains the most complex, expensive, and uncommon transplant among all the solid organs. However, given its 1-year survival is now as high as other solid organs, it is no longer considered an experimental procedure. Recent advances in patient and graft survival, in part, are due to the refinement of the surgical techniques. Advances in patient and donor selection and better understanding of immunological and infectious complications have also contributed to improved outcomes. Given intestinal failure is often found in the presence of other organ damage, the intestine is the core of what has most recently been called visceral transplantation. A combination of classic and newer techniques of visceral transplantation and its most common variations will be described. This chapter reflects solutions and evolvement in the realm of visceral transplantation based on hundreds of cases over more than 10 years.
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Beduschi, T., Garcia, J., Kubal, C. (2019). Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplantation: The Operation. In: Shah, A., Doria, C., Lim, J. (eds) Contemporary Pancreas and Small Bowel Transplantation . Organ and Tissue Transplantation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05257-1_7
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