REFERENCES
- Rosenberg JC. Richard Carlton Lillehei. His Life and Accomplishments. University of Minnesota, Department of Surgery, Lillehei Heart Institute, and Lillehei Surgical Society. Minneapolis, 2002. (The best biography in existence today as far as Rich's personal and academic life is concerned.)
- Norman JC. Requiem for Richard Lillehei. Cardiovasc Dis Bull. Texas Heart Institute. 1981;8:276–298. (Great source of the scholarly works of RC Lillehei, the most complete available today.)
- The Lilleheis of Minnesota. Medical World News, pp. 63–69, August 26, 1966. (A good reference on the heritage of the Lilleheis from Minnesota. Each of the three is well-described and analyzed.)
- Vaughn P. Father, 75, Reminisces about the three medical Lilleheis. Minneapolis Star, March 16, 1968. (The Lillehei's father presents and discusses the contributions of his sons to surgery and medicine. He proudly speaks of their growing up and his influence on their development. He pays credit to Dr. Wangensteen as a mentor of Walt and Rich in the surgical world. He sadly discusses the departure of Walt from Minnesota to go to Cornell.)
- Slovut G. Noted doctor Richard Lillehei dies while jogging in Florida. Minneapolis Tribune, Saturday, April 4, 1981.
- Margreiter R. The History of intestinal transplantation. Transplant Rev. 1997;11:9–21.
- Lillehei RC, Idezuki Y, Feemster JA, Transplantation of the stomach, intestine and pancreas: experimental and clinical observations. Surgery. 1967;62:721–741. (Pioneering and oft en cited paper on the clinical transplantation of small bowel and pancreas. Experimental observations are also included).
- Lillehei RC, Ruiz JO. Pancreas in Transplantation, Najarian JS, Simmons, RL (eds.). Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, 1972;627–645.
- Ruiz JO, Uchida H, Lillehei RC. Intestine in Transplantation, Najarian JS, Simmons RL (eds.). Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, 1972;646–654.
- Kelly WD, Lillehei RC, Merkel FK, Idezuki Y, Goetz FC. Allotransplantation of the pancreas and duodenum along with the kidney in diabetic nephropathy. Surgery. 1967;61:827–837 (First paper published in the world regarding pancreas transplantation with duodenum and kidney).
- Squifflet JP, Gruessner RW, Sutherland DE. The history of pancreatic transplantation: past, present and future. Acta Chir Belg. 2008;108:367–378.
- Lillehei RC, Goott B, Miller FA. The physiological response of the small bowel of the dog to ischemia including prolonged in vitro preservation of the bowel with successful replacement and survival. Ann Surg. 1959;150:543. (The first and most innovative work on the series of papers published by R.C. Lillehei and his group prior to the clinical transplantation of human small bowels).
- Lillehei RC, Idezuki Y, Uchida H, Kelly WD, Najarian JS, Merkel F, Goetz FC. Pancreatic allotransplantation in the dog and in man. Br J Surg. 1969;56:699.
- Schwartz S, Lillehei RC, Shires GT. Principles of Surgery. 2nd. Ed. McGraw-Hill, Philadelphia, 1974.
- Sutherland DER, Gruessner RWG, Dunn DL Lessons Learned from more than 1,000 Pancreas Transplants at a Single Institution. Ann Surg 2001;233:463–501. (This is the most complete and extensive work on clinical pancreas transplantation in the world. Sutherland's group from the University of Minnesota extended the pioneering efforts begun by Lillehei and Kelly and have taken this important therapy to the highest level of expertise and experience).
- Lillehei RC, Ruiz JO, Aquino C Transplantation of the pancreas. Acta Endocrinol. 1976;83, 1976; 83 (Suppl. 205):303–320.
- Lillehei RC, Simmons RL, Najarian JS, Pancreatico-duodenal allotransplantation:experiments and clinical experience. Ann Surg 1970;172:405–436 (Of the early experience on pancreas transplantation is one of the most complete and detailed papers).