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How to Do a Liver Transplant : Stories from My Surgical Life by Kellee Slater (2013, Trade Paperback)

'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. Listen to this Richard Fidler Conversation podcast

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