Comprehensive coverage of the basic principles, including instrumentation Organisation is organ specific and includes the esophagus to the colon as well as the bile ducts and pancreas. Includes a unique chapter on investigation techniques and innovative concepts.
What""s New
New edition reflects the rapid expansion of the field of gastroenterologic endoscopy - with 50 new chapters, 30 new contributors, over 1,300 illustrations and 10,000 references.
Entire sections devoted to GI Bleeding and New Techniques.
Multiple chapters include the recent advances provided by endoscopic ultrasonography.
Contents
History of Endoscopy. Section I: Gastrointestinal Endoscopes and the Endoscopy Unit. Flexible Endoscopes Technology: The Fiberoptic Endoscope. Flexible Endoscope Technology: The Video Image Endoscope. The Endoscope Unit. The Gastrointestinal Assistant. Medical Informatics. Electronic Image Management. Disinfection of Endoscopes and Accessories. Principles of Electrosurgery. Laser Physics and Laser-Tissue Interactions. Principles of Ultrasonography. Chromoscopy. Magnification Endoscopy. Section II: New and Investigative Techniques. The Use of the Historacryl Tissue Adhesive for the Treatment of Variceal Bleeding. Tissue Glue for Fistulas. Endoscopy Sewing Machine. Tissue Spectroscopy. Spectoscopic Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastric Cancer. Photodynamic Therapy. Stereoscopic Endoscopy. Endoscopic Ultrasonography with Linear Array Instrument. Flexible Endoscopy Technology: Three-Dimensional Nonradiographic Imaging. Needle Biopsies of Submuscal Lesions. Early Colorectal Cancer and Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR). Endoscopic Blood Flow Analysis. Section III: Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Thermal Contact Methods for Endoscopic Hemostasis. Laser Therapy. Injection Therapy. Variceal Bleeding. Technique of Sclerotherapy. Indications and Results of Variceal Injection Sclerotherapy. Prophylactic Sclerotherapy. Complications of Sclerotherapy. Vaicela Bleeding. Section IV: Upper Gastrointestinal Tract. Indications, Contraindictions, And Compications of Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Techniques of Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Esophageal Motility and Miscellaneous Disorders. Benign and Malignant Tumors of the Esophagus. Endoscopic Ultrasonography of the Esophagus. Palliation of Malignant Obstruction: Dilation and Peroral Endoprosthesis. Palliation of Malignant Obstructions: Laser and Tumor Probes. Hiatal Hernia and Peptic Diseases of the Esophagus. Special Variety of Esophagitis. Peptic Diseases of the Stomach and Duodenum. Gastritis and Gastropathy. Benign and Malignant Tumors of the Stomach. Diseases of the Duodenum. Endoscopy of the Small Intestine. Endoscopic Ultrasonography Stomach/Duodenum. Endoscopy of the Postoperativestomy UGI Tract. Esophagogastroduodensopy in the Pediatric Patient. Foreign Body Extraction in UGI Tract. Pertaneous Endoscopic Gastronomy. Section V: ERCP. Indications, Contraindications and Complications of Diagnostic ERCP. Technique of ERCP. Anatomy and Embryology of Biliary Tract and Pancreas. Normal Retrograde Pancreatogram/Cholangiogram. Endoscopic Papillotomy. Special Papillotomy Techniques. Calculus Diseases of the Bile Ducts. Cystic Disorders of the Bile Ducts. Diagnosis an Dmanagement of Malignant Biliary Obstructions. Diagnosis and Management of Non-Neoplastic Biliary Obstruction, Biliary Leakage and Disorders of the Liver Affecting Bile Ducts. The Callbladdre and Intraheptic Bile Ducts. Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology of the Sphincter of Oddi. Sphincter of Oddi Stenosis/Dysfunction Tumors of the Main Duodenal Papilla. Peroral Cholangioscopy and Pancreatitis. Choledochofiberoscopy and Endoscopy. Congential Anomilies of the Pancreas. ERCP in Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis. Adjunct Diagnosis of Pancreatic Diseases and Pancreatic Physiology. Pancreatic Trauma, Ascites, Fistula, And Pseudocyst. Endoscopic Management of Pancreatic Diseases. Endoscopic Ultrasonography of the Retroperitoneal Organs. ERCP in Infants and Children. Section VI: Colonoscopy. Indications, Contraindications, And Complications of Colonoscopy. Techniques of Colonoscopy. The Differential Diagnosis of Inflammatory and Infectious Colitis. Special Problems in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Vascular Disorders of the Colon. Polyps and Tumors of the Colon. Palliation of Rectosignoid Carcinoma. Miscellaneous Disorders of the Colon. Colorectal Endosonography. Anoscopy and Perirectal Disorders. Colonoscopy in the Pediatric Patient. Flexible Sigmoidoscopy. Section VII: Laparoscopy. Indications, Contraindications, And Complications of Diagnostic Laparoscopy. Techniques of Laparoscopy. Laparoscopy of Abdominal Tumors. Hepatoscopy and Inflammatory Diseases of the Liver and Gallbladder. Operative Laparoscopy. Laparoscopy in Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension. Laparoscopy in Ascites and Peritoneal Diseases. Emergency Laparoscopy. Gynecological Laparoscopy.
