Beschreibung:
Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has become the basic primer for endoscopy around the world. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated. Drawing on the vast experience of the authors it provides clear and practical guidance on the fundamentals of standard endoscopy practice. It describes procedures in great depth and addresses improved therapeutic techniques and advances in technology. The book is well illustrated throughout with color line drawings and diagrams. It is an indispensable resource for all trainees in gastroenterology and essential read for all practising endoscopists who are interested in improving their techniques.
Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has become the basic primer for endoscopy around the world. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated. Drawing on the vast experience of the authors it provides clear and practical guidance on the fundamentals of standard endoscopy practice. It describes procedures in great depth and addresses improved therapeutic techniques and advances in technology.The book is well illustrated throughout with color line drawings and diagrams. It is an indispensable resource for all trainees in gastroenterology and essential read for all practising endoscopists who are interested in improving their techniques.
Preface to the Sixth Edition, viiAcknowledgments, ix1 The Endoscopy Unit and Staff, 1Staff, 1Facilities, 1Management and behavior, 3Documentation, 4Educational resources, 52 Endoscopic Equipment, 7Endoscopes, 7Endoscopic accessories, 11Ancillary equipment, 12Electrosurgical units, 12Lasers and argon plasma coagulation, 13Equipment maintenance, 14Infection control, 15Cleaning and disinfection, 163 Patient Care, Risks, and Safety, 22Patient assessment, 22Patient education and consent, 26Physical preparation, 31Monitoring, 31Medications and sedation practice, 32Recovery and discharge, 34Managing an adverse event, 354 Upper Endoscopy: Diagnostic Techniques, 37Patient position, 37Endoscope handling, 38Passing the endoscope, 39Routine diagnostic survey, 42Problems during endoscopy, 49Recognition of lesions, 50Specimen collection, 55Diagnostic endoscopy under special circumstances, 585 Therapeutic Upper Endoscopy, 61Benign esophageal strictures, 61Achalasia, 65Esophageal cancer palliation, 66Gastric and duodenal stenoses, 70Gastric and duodenal polyps and tumors, 70Foreign bodies, 70Acute bleeding, 74Enteral nutrition, 806 Colonoscopy and Flexible Sigmoidoscopy, 87History, 87Indications and limitations, 88Informed consent, 93Contraindications and infective hazards, 94Patient preparation, 95Medication, 105Equipment--present and future, 111Anatomy, 116Insertion, 120Handling--"single-handed," "two-handed," or twoperson?,123Sigmoidoscopy--accurate steering, 128Endoscopic anatomy of the sigmoid and descending colon, 131Sigmoidoscopy--the bends, 133Sigmoidoscopy--the loops, 134Diverticular disease, 143Descending colon, 144Splenic flexure, 145Transverse colon, 152Hepatic flexure, 155Ascending colon and ileo-cecal region, 158Examination of the colon, 164Stomas, 172Pediatric colonoscopy, 172Per-operative colonoscopy, 1737 Therapeutic Colonoscopy, 176Equipment, 176Polypectomy, 182Other therapeutic procedures, 2028 Resources and Links, 208Web sites, 208Endoscopy books, 208Journals with major endoscopy/clinical focus, 209Index, 211