Main description:

This book deals with organ failure and the way it can be managed artificially without requiring a transplant. Written by a mixture of European and US physicians and surgeons, each of the chapters compares the artificial organ to what is currently available from the transplant point of view to highlight the current and modern available techniques for organ replacement.

The book will be a useful reading for postgraduate students and people interested in modern surgical and medical technology.

Contents:

Management of Multiorgan Failure After Artificial Organ Implantation.- Artificial Circulatory Support.- The Artificial Kidney.- Liver Substitution.- Glucose Sensors and Insulin Pumps: Prospects for an Artificial Pancreas.- From Basic Wound Healing to Modern Skin Engineering.- Artificial Sphincters.- Cochlear Implant.- Stem Cells and Organ Replacement.- Composite Tissue Transplantation: A Stage Between Surgical Reconstruction and Cloning.