Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures in Gastroenterology An Illustrated Guide

This new edition provides a comprehensive overview of procedures for the gastrointestinal tract. The volume describes the indications, contraindications, and precise method of a procedure, under normal anatomical conditions and when the gastrointestinal tract is surgically altered. In addition to revised chapters from the previous edition, the latest edition features new chapters that cover such topics as endoscopic accessories, cleaning and disinfecting gastrointestinal endoscopes, tissue sampling, removal of foreign bodies, and confocal endoscopy and robotic endoscopy. Each chapter is also accompanied by photographs, diagrams, tables, and algorithms to precisely and easily display complex information.

Written by leading authorities from around the globe, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures in Gastroenterology: An Illustrated Guide, Second Edition is a valuable resource for gastroenterologists, primary care physicians, and gastroenterology fellows in training who treat and manage patients with gastrointestinal disorders.

Part I Procedures and Devices

1 History of the Instruments and Techniques of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Charles Spurr

2 Recent Advances in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

John Affronti and Andrew Lake

3 Endoscopic Management of Foreign Bodies

Parit Mekaroonkamol and Saurabh Chawla

4 Newer and Evolving Endoscopic Therapies for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Phillip S. Ge and V. Raman Muthusamy

5 Recent Advances in Imaging of Barrett's Esophagus

Shekhar Sharma, Edward Gibson, Noriya Uedo and Rajvinder Singh

6 Endoscopic Management of Barrett’s Esophagus

Taimur Khan and Prateek Sharma  

7 Endoscopic Tissue Sampling – A Pathologist’s Perspective; Good endoscopists Think Ahead

Robert H. Riddell

8 Complications Related to Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Pornchai Leelasinjaroen, Muhammed Sherid and Subbaramiah Sridhar 

9 Anticoagulants and Therapeutic Endoscopy

Andrew M. Veitch

10 Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy

Rapat Pittayanon and Rungsun Rerknimitr

11 Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM)

Davinderbir Pannu, Dennis Yang and Peter V. Draganov

12 Endoscopic Management of Esophageal Strictures

Darius A. Jahann and Vanessa M. Shami

13 Argon Plasma Coagulation in Gastroenterology

Theodore Rokkas

14 Endoscopic Management of Varices and Variceal Hemorrhage

Sidhartha S Tulachan, Jigar Bhagatwala and Subbaramiah Sridhar

15 Endoscopic Management of Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Muhammed Sherid and Subbaramiah Sridhar

16 Management of Gastric Varices

Jonggi Choi and Young-Suk Lim

17 Endoscopy Assisted Percutaneous Gastrostomy and Jejunostomy for Feeding

Yezaz A. Ghouri and Gurinder Luthra

18 Capsule Endoscopy

Siegfried Yu, Subbaramiah Sridhar and Sherman Chamberlain

19 Device Assisted Enteroscopy

Mathew Keegan and Arthur Kaffes

20 Gastrointestinal Tract Stenting

Anthony A. Razzak, Andrew S. Ross and Richard A. Kozarek

21 Colonoscopic Polypectomy

Peter H. Rubin, Jerome D. Waye

22 Colonic Decompression

Tiing Leong Ang, Daphne Ang and James Chi Yong Ngu

23 Acute Colonic Bleeding

Gustavo A. Machicado and Dennis M. Jensen

24 Endotherapy of Leaks and Fistula

V.K.Rai, UshaGoenka, and M.K. Goenka

25 The Role of Chromoendoscopy and Enhanced Imaging Techniques in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Colorectal Cancer Colonoscopy Surveilance 

Rotimi Ayoola, Monica Mohanty, Jai Eun Lee and Humberto Sifuentes

26 Ultrasound-Guided/Assisted Percutaneous Liver Biopsy

Roopjeet K. Bath and George Y. Wu

27 Instruments and Accessories for Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography (ERCP)

Jai Eun Lee and Sumanth Daram

28 Minor Papilla Cannulation and Endotherapy

Alexander Larson and Bret T. Petersen

29 Endoscopic Management of Bile Duct Stones: Small and Large

Hendrikus Vanderveldt and Sandeep Patel

30 Cholangio-pancreatoscopy

Isaac Raijman

31 ERCP in Surgically Altered Anatomy Patients

Yen-I Chen and Patrick Okolo

32 Endoscopic Management of Necrotizing Pancreatitis

Dongwook Oh and Dong-Wan Seo

33 Endoscopic Management of Pancreatic Fistula and Leak  

Shailesh Kumar, Jan-Werner Poleyand and Marco J. Bruno

34 Endoscopic Management of Pancreatic Pseudocysts

Muhammad K. Hasan and Joseph Romagnuolo

35 Instruments and Accessories for Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)

Olaya Brewer-Gutierrez and Vikesh K. Singh

36 Contrast Enhanced Endoscopic Ultrasound (CE-EUS)

Roald F. Havre, Adrian Saftoiu, Manoop S. Bhutani and Peter Vilmann

37 Technique of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA)

Subbaramiah Sridhar and Pornchai Leelasinjaroen

38 Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Biliary Access and Drainage

Vinay Dhir, Irfan Sandozi, and Amit Maydeo

39 EUS-Guided Drainage of Pelvic Abscesses

Ji Young Bang and Shyam Varadarajulu

40 Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Celiac Plexus Block and Celiac Plexus Neurolysis

Amit H. Sachdev, Ali S. Khan and Frank G. Gress

41 Flexible Robotic Endoscopy System and the Future Ahead

Tian En Timothy Seah, Thanh Nho Do, Nobuyoshi Takeshita, Khek Yu Ho and Soo Jay Phee

42 Device Development and Accessories

Vihar Surti

43 NOTES - Past, Present, and the Future

John H. Rodriguez and Jeffrey Ponsky

Part II Procedure Units, Quality and Efficiency

44 How to Set Up an Endoscopy Center

Lavanya Viswanathan and Satish S.C. Rao

45 Sedation and Monitoring in Endoscopy

Gajen Perry, Edward Gibson and Rajvinder Singh

46 The Roles and Responsibilities of Nurses in the Endoscopy Units

George Tan, Theresa Thompson and Amol Sharma

47 Quality and Efficiency in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Units

Lukejohn W. Day, David Belson and Ziad F. Gellad

48 Quality Measures in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Iris L Vance, Vaishali Patel and Ziad F. Gellad

49 Documentation and Description of Endoscopic Procedures

Pornchai Leelasinjaroen, Rami Abboud and Subbaramiah Sridhar

50 Gastrointestinal Endoscope Reprocessing

Kavel Visrodia and Bret T. Petersen

Part III Training and Evaluation

51 Teaching and Training in Upper and Lower GI Endoscopy

Mohammad Yaghoobi

52  Training in Advanced Endoscopy

Birtukan Cinnor, Chetan Mittal and Sachin Wani

53 Teaching and Training in Endoscopic Ultrasound

Sarto C. Paquin and Anand V. Sahai

54 Credentialing and Privileging for Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures

Andrew Lake, Muhammed Sherid, Subbaramia Sridhar

55 The Future of Endoscopy

Megan McKnight and PJ Pasricha

Subbaramiah Sridhar, M.B.,B.S., MPH (Outcomes), FRCP(Edin), FRCP(Glasg), FRCP(Lond), FRSS(Lond), FRCPC, FACP, FACG, FASGE, FASLM&S, AGAF, FAAG, MAAG 

Professor, Advanced Endoscopy, Augusta University, Medical College of Georgia, Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Digestive Health Center, Augusta, GA, USA

George Y. Wu, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Herman Lopata Chair in Hepatitis Research, University of Connecticut Health Center, Division of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Farmington, CT, USA