Medical Care of the Liver Transplant Patient
Contributors: Paul G. Killenberg (Editor); Pierre Alain Clavien (Editor)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated
Published: April 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780632045662
Subjects: Gastrointestinal & colorectal surgery; Transplant surgery; Diseases Of The Liver And Biliary Tract; Organ Transplantation; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Reference; Surgery - General; LIVER_DISEASES; LIVER_SURGERY; Medical / Gastroenterology; TRANSPLANTATION OF ORGANS, TISSUES, ETC.; Gastroenterology; Nursing - Medical & Surgical; Complications; Liver; Liver Transplantation; Patient Selection; Transplantation
First sentence: END-STAGE liver disease (cirrhosis) is a major health problem, causing more than 25,000 deaths each year in the United States alone.