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Overview of Transplantation
Graft rejection and graft-vs-host disease
Organ allocation
Pretransplantation Screening
Tissue compatibility
Infection
Recipient contraindications to transplantation
Posttransplantation Immunosuppression
Corticosteroids
Calcineurin inhibitors
Purine metabolism inhibitors
Rapamycins
Immunosuppressive immunoglobulins
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs)
Other drugs
Irradiation
Future therapies
Posttransplantation Complications
Rejection
Infection
Renal disorders
Cancer
Other complications
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Heart Transplantation
Bridge and destination ventricular assist devices (VADs)
Procedure
Complications
Rejection
Cardiac allograft vasculopathy
Prognosis
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Procedure
Conditioning regimens
Posttransplantation
Complications
Early complications
Later complications
Prognosis
Kidney Transplantation
Kidney donors
Procedure
Complications
Rejection
Chronic allograft nephropathy
Cancer
Prognosis
Liver Transplantation
Liver donors
Organ distribution
Procedure
Complications
Rejection
Hepatitis recurrence after transplantation
Other complications
Prognosis
Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation
Lung donors
Heart donors
Timing of transplantation referral
Procedure
Single lung transplantation
Double lung transplantation
Heart-lung transplantation
Immunosuppression
Complications
Rejection
Surgical complications
Prognosis
Pancreas Transplantation
Pancreas donors
Procedure
Complications
Rejection
Other complications
Prognosis
Pancreatic Islet Cell Transplantation
Procedure
Complications
Prognosis
Small-Bowel Transplantation
Procedure
Complications
Rejection
Other complications
Prognosis
Tissue Transplantation
Composite Transplantation (Hand, Extremity, Face)
Skin grafts
Skin autografts
Skin allografts
Cartilage Transplantation
Bone Transplantation
Adrenal Autografting
Thymus Implants
Uterine transplants