The transplantation of gastrointestinal organs.

Starzl, T E; Todo, S; Tzakis, A; Fung, J · Gastroenterology · 1993

review · Level V

Where this comes from

Abstract

Over a period of 33 years, it has become possible to successfully transplant individual intra-abdominal viscera or combinations of these organs. The consequences have been, first, new information about the metabolic interrelations that the visceral organs have in disease or health; second, the addition of several procedures to the treatment armamentarium of gastrointestinal diseases; and third, a more profound understanding of the means by which all whole organ grafts are accepted.

Medical subject headings