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Liver Transplantation — FNB reading list.

What a two-year FNB fellow in Liver Transplantation reads, and what each title is for.

7Titles listed
4Read cover to cover
2 yrsFellowship length
400Marks in the exit exam
The fellowship

Liver Transplantation at a glance

Living-donor and cadaveric liver transplantation, donor surgery and post-transplant care.

DisciplineSurgical - General, Gastrointestinal and Oncologic
Length2 years, full-time at an NBEMS-accredited hospital
Entered fromDNB/MCh Gastrointestinal (GI) Surgery (classified by NBEMS as an FNB-PD, post-doctoral fellowship)
EntranceFET, the NBEMS Fellowship Entrance Test — 100 questions in 105 minutes, Part-A from the feeder specialty and Part-B from this fellowship.
How this list is used

Reading for Liver Transplantation

Busuttil and Klintmalm is the classic read-through text, but Indian programmes are predominantly living donor, so donor hepatectomy and graft implantation detail gets supplemented from Blumgart's and the unit's own protocol book. Sherlock's and Zakim & Boyer's carry the hepatology half of the fellowship - assessment, MELD listing, portal hypertension and post-transplant medicine - which is where exit assessments tend to probe. The AASLD/AST evaluation guideline is the reference used at selection meetings when candidacy is contested.

Titles are tagged core reading — the ones fellows finish — or reference, the ones they look things up in. Editions are given where the current edition is what you want to buy.

  1. Transplantation of the Livercore readingRonald W. Busuttil, Goran B. Klintmalm (eds.) · Elsevier · 3rd edition (2015)The comprehensive transplant text read through the fellowship, from donor selection to long-term immunosuppression.
  2. Textbook of Liver Transplantation: A Multidisciplinary Approachcore readingPatrizia Burra (ed.) · Springer · 1st edition (2022)The current multidisciplinary volume, useful for the hepatology, pathology and intensive care chapters fellows are examined on.
  3. Blumgart's Surgery of the Liver, Biliary Tract and Pancreascore readingWilliam R. Jarnagin (ed.) · Elsevier · 6th edition (2016)The hepatobiliary anatomy and resection reference used for donor hepatectomy planning and for vascular reconstruction problems.
  4. Sherlock's Diseases of the Liver and Biliary Systemcore readingJames S. Dooley, Anna S. F. Lok, Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, Massimo Pinzani (eds.) · Wiley · 13th edition (2018)The hepatology text read for cirrhosis, portal hypertension and acute liver failure - the medicine behind the listing decision.
  5. Zakim and Boyer's Hepatology: A Textbook of Liver DiseasereferenceArun J. Sanyal, Norah A. Terrault (eds.) · Elsevier · 7th edition (2016)Consulted for the mechanistic detail behind an unusual graft dysfunction or recurrent disease.
  6. Contemporary Liver Transplantation: The Successful Liver Transplant ProgramreferenceCataldo Doria (ed.) · SpringerRead for programme-level material - donor coordination, quality metrics and running a transplant service.
  7. Evaluation for Liver Transplantation in Adults: AASLD and AST Practice GuidelinereferenceAmerican Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and American Society of Transplantation · 2013 guideline editionThe candidacy and workup document quoted at selection meetings when a listing decision is contested.

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The exit examination

What you are reading towards

The exit examination is the FEE - Fellowship Exit Examination, held after completion of the fellowship training. Theory: one paper of 100 marks (10 questions of 10 marks each) of three hours' duration. Practical: 300 marks, comprising clinical examination and viva voce. A candidate must obtain a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate across theory and practical (200 of 400) to qualify, with the theory paper itself to be passed at 50/100. Trainees must also appear in the formative assessment during training. Successful candidates are awarded the FNB (or FNB-PD) at the annual NBEMS convocation.

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Frequently asked

FNB Liver Transplantation — questions

Which books do FNB Liver Transplantation fellows read?

The 7 titles on this page, of which 4 are read cover to cover and the rest are kept as references. Most fellows own two or three and use the department copy for the others.

How long is the FNB in Liver Transplantation?

2 years, full-time at an NBEMS-accredited hospital, followed by the Fellowship Exit Examination.

Which specialty do you enter FNB Liver Transplantation from?

DNB/MCh Gastrointestinal (GI) Surgery (classified by NBEMS as an FNB-PD, post-doctoral fellowship)

How is the FNB exit examination marked?

One theory paper of 100 marks with ten questions of ten marks each, and a 300-mark practical of clinical examination and viva. A candidate needs 50 per cent in aggregate across the two.

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