Book[edited by] Christoph F. Dietrich, Dieter Nuernberg.
Contents:
General aspects of interventional ultrasound. Interventional ultrasound: introduction and historical background
Interventional materials and equipment
Informed consent
Medications, equipment, and setup requirements
Pathology and cytology
Fine needle aspiration cytology
Infections and diganostic microbiology
Hygiene management
Contraindications, complications, and complication management
Assistance in ultrasound interventions
Sedation in interventions
Specifc ultrasound-guided procedures: abdomen. Indications for diagnostic interveions in the abdomen and thorax (liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, lung, other sites)
Diagnostic and therapeutic paracentesis of free abdominal fluid
Fine needle aspiration biopsy and core needle biopsy
Abscess drainage
Percutaneous sclerotherapy of cysts
Interventional treatment of echinococcosis
Local ablative procedures: percutaneous ethanol and acetic acid injection
Local ablative procedures for liver tumors, radiofrequency ablation
Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiodrainage
Percutaneous gastrostomy
Interventional endosonography
Special issues regarding interventions in the spleen
Specific ultrasound-guided procedures: thorax. Thoracic interventions
Specific ultrasound-guided procedures: urogenital system. Percutaneous renal biopsy
Interventional urology
Specific ultrasound -guided procedures: other organ systems. Interventional thyroid ultrasound
Musculskeletal interventions
Neurologic interventions, ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia
Utlrasound-guided emergency and vascular interventions
Specific ultrasound-guided procedures: other applications of interventional ultrasound. Extravascular use of ultrasound contrast agents
Volume navigation
Palliative interventions and the role of ultrasonography in palliative care.