This book builds on the success of previous editions, once again providing hepatologists the most current clinical
guide on how to best treat the liver transplant recipient. With an international mix of experienced contributors, this
new edition highlights initial indication and selection of the potential recipient, management of the donor organ, post-
operative complications in the patient through to acute recovery, long-term follow-up, and continued health. This
provides the user a complete guide to the correct clinical management of both the recipient and the donor organ through
all stages of transplantation.
Contributors, ix
Preface, xv
Part 1 Management of the potential transplant recipient
1 Selection and evaluation of the recipient (including retransplantation), 3
Audrey Coilly and Didier Samuel
2 Monitoring the patient awaiting liver transplantation, 13
Andreas Geier and Beat M?lhaupt
3 Management of portal hypertension, 26
Juan Carlos Garcia-Pagan, Juan G. Abraldes and Jaime Bosch
4 Management of renal disease in the liver transplant candidate, 39
Andr? C?denas and Pere Gin?
5 Management of hepatopulmonary syndrome and portopulmonary hypertension, 51
Victor I. Machicao and Michael B. Fallon
6 Psychiatric and substance abuse evaluation of the potential liver transplant recipient, 62
Thomas P. Beresford
7 Organ allocation in liver transplantation: ethics, organ supply, and evidencebased practice, 75
Nicole Siparsky, David Axelrod and Richard B. Freeman
8 Viral hepatitis and transplantation, 88
Geoffrey W. McCaughan
9 Metabolic liver diseases, 97
Maureen M.J. Guichelaar and Michael R. Charlton
10 Cholestatic and autoimmune liver disease, 110
Ulrich Beuers
11 Hepatocellular carcinoma, 121
Maria Reig, Alejandro Forner and Jordi Bruix
12 Cholangiocarcinoma, 133
Howard C. Masuoka, Gregory J. Gores and Charles B. Rosen
13 Rare indications for liver transplantation, 145
Stevan A. Gonzalez
14 Liver transplantation in HIV patients, 155
Marion G. Peters and Peter G. Stock
15 Living-donor liver transplantation, 162
Robert S. Brown Jr
16 Fulminant hepatic failure, 176
Michael A. Heneghan and William Bernal
Part 2 Donor issues and management in the perioperative period
17 Extended-criteria donor, 191
Ashraf Mohammad El-Badry and Mickael Lesurtel
18 Liver transplantation using donors after cardiac death, 201
Paolo Muiesan, Laura Tariciotti and Chiara Rocha
19 Transmission of malignancies and infection through donor organs, 216
Aaron M. Winnick and Lewis Teperman
20 The transplant operation, 229
Philipp Dutkowski, Olivier de Rougemont and Pierre-Alain Clavien
21 Difficult surgical patients, 238
Philipp Dutkowski, Stefan Breitenstein and Pierre-Alain Clavien
22 Domino and split-liver transplantation, 246
Abhideep Chaudhary and Abhinav Humar
23 Surgical aspects of living-donor transplantation, 255
Kelvin K.C. Ng and Sheung Tat Fan
24 Anesthesia, 266
Beatrice Beck-Schimmer
25 Coagulation and blood transfusion management, 276
Herman G.D. Hendriks, Ton Lisman and Robert J. Porte
26 Critical care of the liver transplant recipient, 286
Markus B?hir, Erik Schadde and Philipp Dutkowski
27 Rejection and immunosuppression trends in liver transplantation, 297
James F. Trotter
28 Vascular complications after liver transplantation, 311
Goran Klintmalm and Srinath Chinnakotla
29 Biliary complications following liver transplantation, 319
Sanna op den Dries, Robert C. Verdonk and Robert J. Porte
30 Role of histopathology, 332
Achim Weber
Part 3 Chronic problems in the transplant recipient
31 Medical problems after liver transplantation, 347
Eberhard L. Renner and Marco Puglia
32 Prevention and treatment of recurrent HBV and HCV infection, 361
Ed Gane
33 Recurrence of the original disease, 372
James Neuberger
34 Infections in the liver transplant recipient, 380
Nicolas J. Mueller and Jay A. Fishman
35 Cutaneous diseases in liver transplant recipients, 389
Sylvie Euvrard and Jean Kanitakis
36 Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder and other malignancies after liver transplantation, 398
Natasha Chandok and Kymberly D.S. Watt
37 Sexual function and fertility after liver transplantation, 406
Andreas Geier and Beat M?lhaupt
Part 4 Pediatric liver transplantation
38 Special considerations in pediatric liver transplantation, 419
Brandy Ries Lu and Ronald J. Sokol
Multiple choice questions, 431
Answers, 446
Index, 451