..This book addresses peritransplant surgical management aspects in general, with emphasis on detailed intraoperative surgical technique. This is displayed in the detailed graphic representation which is the result of many hours of communication from the surgeon's view to the illustrator's hand. When writing this book, the authors have mainly had the young training surgeon in mind; however, this handbook will prove a valuable resource for many, including operating room personnel, transplant coordinators and transplant nephrologists.

..This handbook provides surgeons with updated information about the current status, perspectives and controversies for staging and treating cancer through minimal access procedures. The authors discuss the biology of minimal access, techniques, the equipment used, the perspectives and controversies surrounding the procedures in cancer management.

..This handbook describes the perioperative management of adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery. The content reflects the collective view of a health care team of a fast track cardiac surgery program. The purpose of this handbook is to provide a succinct, problem-oriented source of practical information about cardiac surgical patients for physicians, residents, nurses and other allied health care personnel involved in their care.

..This handbook focuses on the fundamentals of clinical transfusion. Specific guidance on the management of different clinical situations is the objective in order to facilitate clinical decision making. This handbook fills a void between the minimal information in general textbooks of medicine, surgery, anesthesiology, etc. and the more detailed texts available in the field of blood banking and transfusion medicine.

..This handbook is a ready reference guide for organ procurement and preservation. Procurement coordinators, surgeons, residents and other health care professionals involved in organ retrieval will find most questions answered that will arise during their participation with these difficult and complex issues. This handbook will prove an invaluable resource in the transplant unit as well as in the intensive care unit.

..This handbook is a review of radioguided surgical procedures, including sentinel node mapping and biopsy described by experts in the field. It is a practical guide for the practicing surgeon and other clinicians who will provide the majority of clinical care for breast cancer and other diseases and who therefore must be able to safely and effectively perform these procedures for their patients.

..This book is a concise, portable handbook that focuses on the clinical use of mechanical blood pumps. All aspects of mechanical circulatory support are addressed, including patient selection, preoperative preparation, operative management, anesthetic considerations and conduct of cardiopulmonary bypass, postop management including complications associated with blood pump use and long-term care and rehabilitation.

..This handbook summarizes staff practices in burn care and is intended to be a practice guide for the care of burn patients. It contains chapters on resuscitation and transport, wound care, operative techniques, critical care issues, and care of special burns, among others. This book should be used primarily by newcomers to the field of burn care as a basis for their experience with these often challenging patients.

..This handbook is a therapeutic manual designed as a quick, practical guide and reference for house officers, fellows, pharmacists and nurses on the bone marrow transplant unit. Indications, complications, drug doses and approaches to clinical management problems are emphasized. Diseases requiring bone marrow transplants are reviewed along with patient evaluation, marrow processing, engraftment relapse and general patient care.