BookHoon Jai Chun, Suk-Kyun Yang, Myung-Gyu Choi, editors.
Summary: This atlas, featuring a wealth of high-quality images, offers a comprehensive overview of therapeutic gastrointestinal endoscopy for upper and lower gastrointestinal diseases. Both established and new therapeutic techniques using advanced endoscopic devices are extensively covered. The concise text accompanying the endoscopic photographs and illustrations will enable readers to understand the details of each procedure. Special tips of practical value are highlighted and potential pitfalls, identified. The authors are experts in the field who have a great store of knowledge on a wide variety of therapeutic endoscopic procedures. Gastrointestinal endoscopy is the principal tool for the investigation and treatment of most diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. This book will provide the clear guidance that practitioners require in order to perform therapeutic gastrointestinal endoscopy optimally; it will prove indispensable for all gastrointestinal endoscopists.
Contents:
1. Endoscopic treatment for esophageal varices
2. Endoscopic treatment for gastric varices
3. Endoscopic treatment for nonvariceal upper GI bleeding
4. Endoscopic treatment for lower GI bleeding
5. Endoscopic mucosal resection for upper GI neoplasia
6. Endoscopic submucosal dissection for esophageal neoplasia
7. Endoscopic submucosal dissection for gastric neoplasia
8. Colonoscopic polypectomy
9. Endoscopic submucosal dissection for colorectal neoplasia
10. Ablation therapy for gastrointestinal neoplasia
11. Endoscopic treatment for Achalasia
12. Endoscopic dilation of esophageal strictures
13. Stent placement for malignant esophageal obstruction
14. Endoscopic dilation and stenting for pyloric strictures
15. Endoscopic dilation and stenting for colorectal stricture
16. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
17. Enteral tube placement
18. Endoscopic treatment of gastrointestinal leaks
19. Removal of gastrointestinal foreign bodies
20. Therapeutic small bowel endoscopy
21. Therapeutic endoscopic ultrasonography.