Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in Practice

Practical GI Endoscopy provides an illustrated concise guide to the use of endoscopy in the diagnosis and management of disorders in the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract. There is a clinical “hands on” emphasis throughout with expert advice on the practical aspects of performing endoscopic techniques in both diagnosis and therapy, tips for avoiding complications and how best to deal with them if and when encountered. Written by the leading international names in gastrointestinal endoscopy, the text has been expertly edited into a succinct, instructive format. Presented in short paragraphs structured with headings, subheadings and bullet points and richly illustrated throughout with full-color photographs and line drawings the book will be an invaluable companion to the busy practicing gastroenterologist.

Endosonography and ERCP

Radiofrequency Ablation for early Barrett’s neoplasia

Advanced imaging techniques: confocal endomicroscopy, autofluorescence, narrow band imaging, magnification endoscopy.

Endoscopic mucosal resection techniques

Small bowel endoscopy - capsule and enteroscopy

Endoscopy and obesity

Table of Contents:

1 Introduction to endoscopy

1.1 Anatomy of an endoscope

1.2 Electronic video endoscopy

1.3 Endoscopic accessories

1.4 Electrosurgical generators: procedures and precautions

1.5 Organizational structure of an endoscopy unit

1.6 Gastrointestinal endoscopy training

1.7 Endoscopy nurses

1.8 Patient information

1.9 Medicolegal aspects of endoscopy

1.10 Cleaning, disinfection, sterilization, and storage of endoscopy materials

1.11 Gastrointestinal biopsies and histology

2 Preparation for Endoscopy

2.1 Management of patients on antithrombotic therapy prior to gastrointestinal endoscopy

2.2 Antibiotic prophylaxis

2.3 Sedation

2.4 Chromoendoscopy and tattooing

2.5 Pre-endoscopy checklist

2.6 Endoscopy reports

3 Diagnostic Upper Endoscopy

4 Diagnostic Colonoscopy

5 Small Bowel Endoscopy: Indications and Technique

5.1 Video capsule endoscopy

5.2 Enteroscopy: indications and techniques

6 Advanced Imaging

6.1 Confocal endomicroscopy

6.2 New endoscopic imaging modalities



7 Interventional Endoscopy

7.1 Stricture dilation

7.2 Emergency endoscopy in benign gastrointestinal obstruction

7.3 Esophageal, duodenal and colorectal stenting

7.4 Argon plasma coagulation

7.5 Management of ingested foreign bodies

7.6 Endoscopy in obesity

7.7 Polypectomy

7.8 Endoscopic treatment of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage in patients with

peptic ulcer

7.9 Endoscopic treatment of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage secondary to

portal hypertension

7.10. Endoscopic treatment of non-variceal non-ulcer gastrointestinal hemorrhage

7.11 Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

7.12. Endoscopic mucosal resection

7.13 Endoscopic pH monitoring and treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease

7.14 Ablative therapies for esophageal neoplasia

8 Complications of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

9 Endosonography



10 Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Indications for diagnostic ERCP

10.3 Drugs used in ERCP

10.4 Equipment

10.5 Checklist before starting an ERCP

10.6 Basic ERCP technique

10.7 Cytology, biopsies, and biochemical analysis

10.8 Pancreaticobiliary anatomy

10.9 ERCP imaging technique

10.10 Abnormal imaging: classification and etiology

10.11 Endoscopic sphincterotomy

10.12 Biliary and pancreatic stone extraction techniques

10.13 Biliary and pancreatic stents: insertion techniques

10.14 Biliary and pancreatic balloon dilation

10.15 Endoscopic ampullectomy

10.16 Photodynamic therapy

10.17 Cholangioscopy

10.18 Sphincter of Oddi manometry

10.19 Nasobiliary drain insertion

10.20 Complications of ERCP

Author Info
By Jean Marc Canard, MD, Gastroenterologist, GI Endoscopist, Past President of the French Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (SFED), Trocadéro Clinic, Paris, France; Jean-Christophe Letard, MD, Gastroenterologist, GI endoscopist, Past Vice President of the French Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (SFED), General Secretary of the French Association of Private Gastroenterology (CREGG), Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Polyclinique de Poitiers, Poitiers, France; Laurent Palazzo, MD, Gastroenterologist, GI Endoscopist, Past President of the French Society of Gastroenterology (SNFGE), Past President of the French Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (SFED) Medical Surgical Federation of Hepato-gastroenterology, Beaujon Hospital, University of Paris, Clichy, France; Trocadero Clinic, Paris, France; Ian Penman, BSc MD FRCP Edin, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Centre for Liver and Digestive Disorders, Royal Infi rmary of Edinburgh Edinburgh, UK and Anne Marie Lennon, MD, MRCPI, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director of the Pancreatic Cyst Clinic, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA.