Artificial Organs

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This book deals with organ failure and the way it can be managed artificially without requiring a transplant. It covers
the support of multiorgan failure, the blood substitutes, the management of short bowel syndrome, artificial
sphincters, substitution of the liver in case of liver failure, pancreatic substitution in case of diabetes, the
dialysis machine in kidney failure, circulatory support in heart failure, the bionic ear in deafness, skin substitutes
in cases of burns, stem cells in organ replacement and artificial bladder following injury to bladder/sphincters.

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.