Hesperis Course - Scientific Programme Frame
Below the scientific programme frame of the Hesperis Course is presented. Each Hesperis Course is based on this scientific frame.
| 2 days | Transplantation Immunology
- Allorecognition
- Immunobiology of acute and chronic rejection
Tolerance in transplantation
- Immunological basis
- Experimental Tolerance
- Clinical approaches
HLA-system
- Immunogenetics and histocompatibility
Cellular and molecular biology techniques in transplantation
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| 1 day | Clinical definition of rejection
- Hyperacute and delayed hyperacute
- Acute
- Chronic
Histopathology of transplanted organs
- Kidney
- Liver
- Heart – Lung
- Pancreas - Reciprocal patterns
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1,5 days
| Immunosuppression
- Non-specific
a. Biological Agents
- Monoclonal antibodies
- Polyclonal antibodies
- Fusion proteins
b. Chemical Agents
- Corticosteroids
- Anti-purine/pyrimidine
- Anti-calcineurins
- mTor inhibitors
- Others c. Protocol rules
- Side effects
- Toxicities
- Cancers
- Infections: fungal, bacterial, viral hepatotrophic/non-hepatotrophic
- Specific (Immunosuppression aiming at inducing tolerance)
Monitoring of the transplant recipient
- Clinical monitoring - Immunological Monitoring
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| 1 day | Organ procurement and organ preservation
- Procurement of cadaver organs
- Organs from marginal cadavers
- Living-related and unrelated donation - Organ preservation
- Above 0°C - Below 0°C
- Ischemia/reperfusion related complications
Ethics of organ transplantation and procurement
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| 0,5 day | Organ specific aspects related to transplantation
Abdominal organs: renal transplantation
- Surgical techniques (ex- and implantation)
- Indications
- Specific Complications
- Results
- Paediatric specificities
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| 0,5 day | Organ specific aspects related to transplantation
Abdominal organs: liver transplantation
- Surgical techniques (ex- and implantation)
- Indications
- Specific Complications - Results
- Paediatric specificities
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| 0,5 day | Organ specific aspects related to transplantation - abdominal organs
Pancreas transplantation
- Surgical techniques (ex- and implantation)
- Indications
- Specific Complications
- Results
- Paediatric specificities
Islets
Small Bowel transplantation
- Surgical techniques (ex- and implantation)
- Indications
- Specific Complications
- Results
- Paediatric specificities
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| 0,5 day | Organ specific aspects related to transplantation - thoracic organs
Heart, Heart-Lung transplantation
- Surgical techniques (ex- and implantation)
- Indications
- Specific Complications
- Results
- Paediatric specificities
Lung transplantation
- Surgical techniques (ex- and implantation)
- Indications
- Specific Complications
- Results
- Paediatric specificities
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| 0,5 day | Cell and tissue transplantation
- Composite tissues
- Bone Marrow and Stem Cell transplantation
- Neural Tissue
- Regenerative Medicine
- Tissue engineering
- Cornea transplantation
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| 1 day | New hot topic
History of Transplantation
Xenotransplantation
Statistics & Clinical research design |