List of Video ClipsPreface to the Eighth EditionPreface to the First EditionAcknowledgmentsAbout the Companion Website1 Welcome to EndoscopyResources and links2 The Endoscopy Unit, Staff, and ManagementEndoscopy unitsStaffManagement, behavior, and teamworkDocumentation and quality improvementEducational resourcesFurther reading3 Endoscopic EquipmentEndoscopesEndoscopic accessoriesAncillary equipmentElectrosurgical unitsLasers and argon plasma coagulationEquipment maintenanceInfection controlCleaning and disinfectionFurther reading4 Patient Care, Risks, and SafetyPatient assessmentPatient education and consentPhysical preparationSedation/anesthesiaRecovery and dischargeManaging adverse eventsFurther reading5 Upper Endoscopy: The FundamentalsPatient positionEndoscopist positionEndoscope handlingPassing the endoscopeRoutine diagnostic surveyProblems during endoscopyRecognition of lesionsSpecimen collectionDiagnostic endoscopy under special circumstancesFurther readingChapter video clips6 Therapeutic Upper EndoscopyBenign esophageal stricturesAchalasiaEsophageal cancer palliationGastric and duodenal stenosesGastric and duodenal polyps and tumorsForeign bodiesAcute bleedingEnteral nutritionFurther reading7 Colonoscopy and Flexible Sigmoidoscopy: The FundamentalsHistoryIndications and limitations, and alternativesInformed consentContraindications and infective hazardsPatient preparationMedicationEquipment--present and futureAnatomyInsertionHandling "single-handed," "two-handed," or two-person?Sigmoid colon--accurate steeringEndoscopic anatomy of the sigmoid and descending colonSigmoid colon--the bendsSigmoid colon--the loopsDiverticular diseaseDescending colonSplenic flexureTransverse colonHepatic flexureAscending colon and ileo-cecal regionOvertubes and balloon colonoscopyExamination of the colonStomasPediatric ileocolonoscopyPer-operative colonoscopyFurther readingChapter video clips8 Therapeutic ColonoscopyEquipmentPrinciples of polyp electrosurgeryApproach to polypectomySelection of polypectomy techniquePolypectomy: Diminutive and small polypsPolypectomy: Large polypsPolypectomy: Problem polypsRecovery of polypectomy specimensRisks of polypectomyOther therapeutic proceduresFurther readingChapter video clips9 Advanced Endoscopic ProceduresSmall bowel endoscopyEndoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)Bariatric endoscopyAnti-reflux proceduresThird space procedures and NOTESEpilogue: The Future? Comments from the Senior AuthorsIndex
Catharine M. Walsh, MD, MEd, PhD, FRCPC is an Associate Professor of Paediatrics at The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.Ahmir Ahmad, BSc, MRCP, PhD is a Senior Research Fellow at St. Mark's Hospital, London, UK.Jonathan Cohen, MD, FASGE, FACG is Clinical Professor of Medicine at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, USA.Brian P. Saunders, MD, FRCP, FRCS is Consultant Gastroenterologist at St. Mark's Hospital and Professor of Endoscopy at Imperial College, London, UK.Peter B. Cotton, MD, FRCP, FRCS was Professor of Medicine and Director of the Digestive Disease Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA.Christopher B. Williams, BM, FRCP, FRCS was Consultant Physician in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy at St. Mark's Hospital, London, UK.