Advances in Tissue Banking. Volume 7
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Author(s): G. O. Phillips, A. Nather, D. M. Strong and R. von Versen (Eds)
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9812387234
Format: hardback
633pp
Price: £124.00, $168.00
Review Date: 23 August 2004
Review: This comprehensive reference book deals with the major aspects of tissue banking – the procurement, processing and utilization of tissues. The book comprises 27 review articles from surgeons, microbiologists and tissue bankers expert in this field. The first section is devoted to the role of the International Atomic Energy Agency in establishing tissue banks in developing countries and in sterilizing tissue grafts for use in transplant surgery and the treatment of burns, leprosy, wounds and pressure-sore ulcers. Other chapters deal with the safety of tissue allografts, the ethical and social aspects of tissue banking, tissue grafts in orthopaedics, cardiovascular grafts, cornea grafts, sperm banking, and cryopreservation.