From modest beginnings transplantation
has rapidly reached the forefront of modern medicine. The history
of transplantation as a clinical treatment only really begins in the second half of the 20th century.
Continued progress in surgical techniques,
organ procurement and preservation and immunosuppressive therapy
for rejection has made it possible to successfully transplant
most vital organs.
Further information on all aspects of
transplantation, general and specialised, local, national
and international is available in both written and electronic
form.
The list of links in subsequent pages
is by no means exhaustive.