Kidney Transplantation: Principles and Practice

**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Nephrology**_x000d_
**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Transplantation Surgery**_x000d_
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._x000d_
Offers state-of-the-art coverage of all areas of kidney transplantation such as preservation of kidneys; mechanisms of rejection and the induction of tolerance; techniques of laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy; and immunosuppression_x000d_
Contains up-to-date outcomes data and analysis of the evidence supporting current practice in the field_x000d_
Includes new chapters on xenotransplantation and COVID-19 in renal transplantation_x000d_
Adds new information on normothermic regional perfusion to the discussion of DCD organ donation and ethics of transplantation, and new information on iBox (the first universal algorithm for predicting the risk of kidney transplant loss) to the biomarkers section