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In this issue of Gastroenterology Clinics, guest editors Drs. Ivo Tzvetanov and Pierpaolo Di Cocco bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Intestinal and Living Donor Transplantation. Top experts offer a timely, comprehensive exploration of cutting-edge advances in transplant surgery, donor ethics, and patient outcomes-topics of increasing importance for gastroenterologists as transplant indications broaden and surgical innovations evolve. This issue is particularly relevant as living donor transplant programs expand and gastroenterologists play a central role in pre- and post-transplant care, referral, and surveillance of both recipients and donors. Contains 11 relevant, practice-oriented topics, including living donor intestinal transplantation: evolution and results; technical aspects of living donor intestinal transplantation; clinical follow-up after intestinal transplantation; living donor transplantation for colorectal cancer liver metastasis; expanding the role of robotic surgery in living donor liver transplantation; and more Provides in-depth clinical reviews on intestinal and living donor transplantation, offering actionable insights for clinical practice Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews