How to Do a Liver Transplant Stories from My Surgical Life |
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| Author:
| Slater, Kellee |
| ISBN: | 978-1-74223-342-0 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
| Publisher: | NewSouth Publishing
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| Imprint: | NewSouth |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $27.99 |
Book Description:
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'Iloved Kellee Slater's book. And not just because she's a transplant surgeon andI have had a liver transplant. At times I felt like she had been reading mymail!' - Derryn Hinch
Wheneverything is in place and both teams are ready, someone cries out 'Cross-clamp!'Then it is on for young and old as the clock is ticking. Up to this point, ithas been a careful and considered surgery. Now it is all about speed. We movelike Edward Scissorhands, chop, chop, chop. This...
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'Iloved Kellee Slater's book. And not just because she's a transplant surgeon andI have had a liver transplant. At times I felt like she had been reading mymail!' - Derryn Hinch
Wheneverything is in place and both teams are ready, someone cries out 'Cross-clamp!'Then it is on for young and old as the clock is ticking. Up to this point, ithas been a careful and considered surgery. Now it is all about speed. We movelike Edward Scissorhands, chop, chop, chop. This is the trickiest part - tomove fast without cutting something you shouldn't.
Welcome to the adrenaline-charged world of transplantsurgery. Top Australian surgeon Dr Kellee Slater invites us inside the operating theatrewith her dedicated team as she performs life-or-death surgery on a newbornbaby, brings a dying liver back to life with a staple gun in each hand, and undertakesthe confronting task of removing donor organs. How to Do a Liver Transplant is an enthralling - and often blackly funny- glimpse over the shoulder of a gifted surgeon.
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