Anesthesia for Hepatico-Pancreatic-Biliary Surgery and Transplantation

Part I: Anatomy and Physiology of the Liver.- Anatomy of HepatoPancreatoBiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation Relevant to Anaesthesia.- Anatomy and physiology of the liver.- Part II: Liver transplantation.- Pathophysiology behind cardiopulmonary complications of cirrhosis and portal hypertension.- Liver Transplantation: Graft Variables.- Surgical aspects of liver transplantation.- Pre-assessment for Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary and Liver Transplant Surgery.- The Role of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) in the Preoperative Assessment of Patients for Hepatico-Pancreatic-Biliary (HPB) Surgery and Liver Transplantation (LT).- Anaesthesia for Liver Transplantation.- How does the aetiology of primary liver disease affect anaesthesia for liver transplantation.- Haemodynamic monitoring during liver transplant surgery.- Point of Care Viscoelastic Haemostasis Monitoring During liver Transplant Surgery.- How to Reduce Bleeding and Blood Transfusion During Liver Transplantation.- Fast tracking in liver transplant programme.- Acute kidney injury in hepatico-pancreatic-biliary surgery and liver transplantation.- Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation during Liver Transplantation.- Liver preservation with extracorporeal perfusion.- Veno-venous bypass in liver transplantation.- Part III: Liver resection.- Biology of liver tumors and outcomes of liver surgery.- Anaesthesia for Live Donor Hepatectomy.- Strategies for low central venous pressure in liver resection surgery.- Enhanced Recover after HPB Surgery.- Postoperative analgesia in liver resection surgery.- Part IV: Pancreas.- Surgical Aspects of Hapato- Pancreato- Biliary Surgery.- Perioperative anaesthetic considerations for the Whipple procedure and other pancreatic surgeries.- Anaesthetic management for patients undergoing pancreas transplantation.- Part V: Paediatric.- Anaesthesia for Paediatric Liver Surgery.- Anaesthesia for Paediatric Liver Transplantation.- Anaesthesia for Hepatico-Pancreatic-Biliary Surgery

Dr Zoka Milan, MD, PhD, FRCA, MZI
Dr Milan was born and trained in Serbia, where she worked at a university hospital and practiced major abdominal and cardiac anesthesia, research, teaching, examining, mentoring and management.

Since moving to the UK 20 years ago, she has been involved in anesthesia for hepatico-pancreatic-biliary surgery and liver transplantation at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds and more recently at King's College Hospital, London. As liver transplant programs in Leeds and King's College attract professionals from all over the world, and with her background working in developing and developed regions, sharing her experience and knowledge became an important part of Dr Milan's work. Additionally, she is involved in the EDIAC examination in European Society of Anesthesiology.

Dr Milan has written one book: Cardiovascular Diseases and Liver Transplantation and translated another: Basic Physics and Measurement in Anaesthesia (from English into Serbian). She has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, and is Editor-in-Chief of the Edorium Journal of Anesthesia and the Clinical Audit Journal.

 



Dr Chula Goonasekara, MBBS, MD, PhD, MPhil, FRCP, MRCPCH, DCH, FCAI
Dr Goonasekara is a senior clinical scientist with training in both anesthesia and pediatrics. With clinical, teaching and research experience spanning both developing (Sri Lanka) and developed (UK) countries, Dr Goonasekara's research and clinical interests include pediatric hypertension, end stage renal failure, critical illness, poisoning and sepsis. Dr Goonasekara is actively involved in the teaching of postgraduate doctors in anesthesia, critical care and emergency medicine, in addition to nurses and allied health workers. Since being recruited as a consultant anesthetist by King's College Hospital in 2012, Dr Goonasekara's focus has shifted to brain mappingtechniques during neurosurgery.

"The editors and publishers have aimed this book at a wider audience than just those specializing in liver transplant and specialist hepatobiliary anesthesia. ... This book is at its best when recounting the authors' real-world practice, which feels up-to-date and evidence-based. Anesthesia for Hepatico-Pancreatic-Biliary Surgery and Transplantation will be a welcome addition to the shelves of the world's transplant centers, but it should also find a home on less lofty shelves." (Nicholas Weston and David W. Hewson, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Vol. 132 (6), June, 2021)

"This book makes an excellent read not only for the budding hepato-pancreato-biliary anaesthetists amongst us, but also as a worthy aide memoire for those experienced in HPB anaesthesia who want to see whether they are up to date with the current standards." (Ned Gilbert-Kawai, EJA European Journal of Anaesthesiology, Vol. 38 (5), 2021)