Although the number of organ transplants performed in the United States reached an all-time high in 1995, the number of organ donors has not increased since the late 1980s. It has become essential that all transplant surgeons and
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Contributors; Foreword; Part I: Organ Procurement: Organization and General Principles in Donor Management:; 1. Introduction: The Organ Donor Dilemma: Assessing the Need for Organ Donors and Methods to Increase the Supply; 2A. Transplant Administration and Organization; 2B. The Role of the Organ Procurement Organization in Transplantation; 3. Multi-Organ Procurement for Transplantation: Ethical and Religious Issues; 4. Legal Aspects of Consent for Organ Donation; 5. Brain Death in Adults; 6. Management of the Multi-Organ Donor; 7. Current Status of Organ Preservation; 8. Overview of Donor Management and Management Algorithms; Part II: Selection and Management of Individual Donor Organs:; 9A: Cadaveric Renal Transplantation: Donor Selection and Management; 9B: The Living Kidney Donor; 10. Pancreas Transplantation; 11. Donor Procurement for Intestinal Transplantation; 12A: Liver; 12B: The Living Liver Donor; 13. The Heart Donor; 14A: Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation; 14B: The Living-Related Donor: Lobar Lung Transplantation; 15. Musculoskeletal Tissue Transplantation; Index