"Current Concepts in Kidney Transplantation" ed. by Sandip Kapur, Cheguevara Afaneh and Meredith J. Aull

This book covers basic concepts in kidney transplantation while also addressing ways to manage kidney transplant recipients in order to maximize patient and graft survival. Novel concepts to increase organ availability are addressed, including kidney paired donation and single site laparoendoscopic donor nephrectomy for living donor kidney transplantation, and utilization of marginal, hepatitis C positive, and older donor organs to increase deceased donor transplant opportunities.

Despite significant accomplishments to date, kidney transplantation is a relatively young field in medicine. Due to the armamentarium of agents available to effectively suppress the immune system, the past decade has seen a shift in focus from prevention of rejection to a focus on extending the life of the allograft and novel strategies to increase the organ donor pool.

Contents
Preface
Section 1 Evaluation and Management of the Kidney Transplant Patient
1 Evaluation of Kidney Transplant Candidates: An Update in 2012
2 Evaluation of Potential Living Kidney Donors
3 Medical Management of the Kidney Transplant Recipient
4 Surgical Management of the Kidney Transplant Recipient
Section 2 Immunologic Considerations in Kidney Transplantation
5 Immunologic Concepts in Kidney Transplantation
6 Transplanting Against Histocompatibility Barriers
7 Modern Immunosuppression Regimens in Kidney Transplantation
8 Complications of Kidney Transplantation: Effects of Over-Immunosuppression
9 BK Virus Infection in Renal Allograft Recipients
Section 3 Selected Topics in Kidney Transplantation
10 Cold Ischaemic Injury in Kidney Transplantation
11 Hypertension After Renal Transplantation
12 Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis
13 Surgical Advances in Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
14 Higher Volume and Better Outcomes Relationship in Kidney Transplant
15 Expanding Opportunities for Kidney Transplantation

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