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| Kidney Transplantation: Principles and Practices, 9th Edition |
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Doody's Core Title (2026 Edition)
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2.93
(Health Sciences - Transplantation Surgery)
Essential Purchase Title
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ISBN: 978-0-443-11329-1,
838 pages,
Hard Cover
ISBN-10: 0-443-11329-7 |
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| Copyright: |
2026 |
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| Edition: |
9th |
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| Editor: |
Knechtle, Stuart J., MD, FACS; Marson, Lorna P., MD, FRSE |
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Specialties:
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Nephrology
, Transplantation Surgery |
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| Publisher: |
Elsevier |
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| List Price: |
$293.99 |
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At A Glance
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A must-have resource for all members of the transplant team, Kidney Transplantation: Principles and Practice, 9th Edition, provides comprehensive, up-to-date information on every aspect of this complex field. Drs. Stuart J. Knechtle and Lorna P. Marson, along with a global team of internationally renowned surgeons and nephrologists, offer balanced coverage of both surgical techniques and medical considerations related to kidney transplantation. With updates from cover to cover, this core reference delivers the practical guidance you need to achieve optimal outcomes in both adults and children.
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Reviewer:
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Sam Beavin,
MD
(University of Kentucky College of Medicine)
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Are the author's objectives met? |
6 |
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Rate the worthiness of those objectives. |
10 |
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Is this written at an appropriate level? |
5 |
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Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) |
5 |
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Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) |
5 |
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Rate the authority of the authors. |
5 |
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Are there sufficient illustrations? |
5 |
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Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. |
4 |
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Rate the print quality of the illustrations. |
5 |
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Are there sufficient references? |
5 |
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Rate the currency of the references. |
5 |
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Rate the pertinence of the references. |
5 |
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Rate the helpfulness of the index. |
3 |
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If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book |
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Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? |
10 |
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If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? |
6 |
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Reviewer:
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Sam Beavin,
MD
(University of Kentucky College of Medicine)
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Description
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| This book covers a broad range of topics relevant to kidney transplantation in a single, hardcover volume that includes 43 chapters and is just over 800 pages. The prior edition was published in 2019. In addition to updated content throughout the book, it includes new chapters covering the Covid-19 pandemic and xenotransplantation. |
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Purpose
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| Since the first edition, this series has intended to serve as a comprehensive guide to the field of kidney transplantation. This book continues to fulfill that goal, with comprehensive discussions of all the basic aspects of transplant medicine. This is the first edition released since the death of longtime editor Dr. Peter Morris, who edited the initial text at the very dawn of organ transplantation. |
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Audience
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| This book offers a general overview of a broad range of topics and will be useful to anyone caring for transplant patients, especially those without dedicated training in the field such as students, hospitalists, primary care providers, or general nephrologists and surgeons. The broad nature of the topics covered means sacrificing some in-depth discussions, making this more suited for general practitioners than transplant nephrologists or surgeons. |
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Features
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| The chapters included here are uniformly well-written and include an abundance of useful references and illustrations. Particularly impressive are general discussions of immunology and extensive overviews of immunosuppressive medications, with entire chapters devoted to each major class as well as some less frequently encountered medications. Overall, the flow of chapters within the textbook is logical, and there are no obvious topics overlooked. A few chapters do feel out of place, including those devoted to an overview of renal replacement therapies and dialysis access. These take space from other areas that receive relatively little discussion including long-term management considerations or surgical techniques and complications. |
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Assessment
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| Overall, this book is an excellent, essential resource. It covers the full breadth of transplant medicine, from basic science and immunology to practical management considerations, as well as initial patient evaluations to long-term care of transplant patients. By necessity, the breadth of topics covered means that many areas must be at least somewhat abbreviated. And while the field of transplantation is rapidly changing, it is worth noting that the benefits of the updated edition lie in the existing chapters themselves, rather than the new added content (Covid-19 and the still highly experimental area of xenotransplantation). However, as a general overview of the field, this book is an unmatched title. |
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