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Surgery: Types of Transplants and Graft Immunology — Internal Medicine and Transplantation Surgery

Surgery · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Un análisis exhaustivo y riguroso de la inmunología del trasplante, preservación celular, técnicas de anastomosis quirúrgica, regímenes inmunosupresores modernos y manejo de complicaciones agudas y crónicas en el paciente receptor.

What it covers

  1. Transplant Medicine
  2. Transplant Immunology
  3. · Allorecognition Pathways
  4. · Pre-Transplant Histocompatibility Tests
  5. Types of Graft Rejection
  6. · Acute Antibody-Mediated Rejection (AMR)
  7. · Chronic Rejection and Histopathology
  8. Organ Preservation and Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
  9. · Pathophysiology of Cellular Ischemia
  10. · Organ Preservation Solutions
  11. · New Frontiers: Ex Vivo Dynamic Organic Perfusion
  12. The Organ Donor
  13. · Brain Death (BD) and Donor Pathophysiology
  14. · Donation in Asystole / Donation after Cardiorenal Death (DCD)
  15. Kidney Transplant
  16. · Standard Surgical Technique
  17. · Surgical Complications
  18. Liver Transplant
  19. · Assignment of Organs and Selection Criteria
  20. · Surgical Technique of Hepatectomy and Anhepatic Phase
  21. · Clinical-Surgical Complications
  22. Heart Transplant
  23. · Surgical Implantation Techniques
  24. · Physiology of the Denervated Heart
  25. · Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy (CAV)
  26. Lung Transplant
  27. · Unilateral vs. Bilateral: Procedure Selection
  28. · Surgical Anastomosis Technique and the Problem of Bronchial Ischemia
  29. Pancreas and Pancreatic Islet Transplantation
  30. · Clinical Modalities of Pancreas Transplantation
  31. · Surgical Management of Exocrine Drainage
  32. · Islets of Langerhans Transplant
  33. Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplant
  34. · Variants of the Surgical Technique
  35. · The Great Immunological Challenge of the Mucous Barrier
  36. Vascularized Composite Tissue Transplantation (VCA)
  37. · Special Surgical Considerations of VCAs
  38. · Extreme Skin Immunogenicity
  39. Hematopoietic Stem Transplantation (HSCT)
  40. · TPH modalities
  41. · Conditioning Regimes
  42. · Graft versus Host Disease (GVHD - GVHD)
  43. Modern Immunosuppressive Therapy
  44. · T Lymphocyte Activation Mechanism: "The Three Signals"
  45. · Pharmacological Arsenal: Immunosuppression Drug Cards
  46. Post-Transplant Infections and Complications
  47. · Post-Transplant Infectious Chronology (Rubin's Calendar)
  48. · Routine Antimicrobial and Antiviral Prophylaxis
  49. · Polyomavirus BK nephropathy (PVAN)
  50. · Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders (PTLD)

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Subject
Surgery
Category
Clinical Specialties
Type
Study Guide
Sections
50
Reviewed
2026-08-02
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