PRACTICAL GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY The fundamental guide to gastrointestinal endoscopy returns in a fully updated new edition For over forty years, Cotton and Williams' Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has offered a clear, accessible introduction to the fundamentals of endoscopy, from patient positioning to the range of available procedures. Now updated by a new authorial team to reflect the latest advances in endoscopic procedures, this text promises to serve a new generation of trainees and specialists as the essential introduction to upper and lower gastrointestinal…mehr
The fundamental guide to gastrointestinal endoscopy returns in a fully updated new edition
For over forty years, Cotton and Williams' Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has offered a clear, accessible introduction to the fundamentals of endoscopy, from patient positioning to the range of available procedures. Now updated by a new authorial team to reflect the latest advances in endoscopic procedures, this text promises to serve a new generation of trainees and specialists as the essential introduction to upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy.
Readers of the eighth edition of Cotton and Williams' Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy will also find: _ Updated online resources including a downloadable bank of clinical images _ High-quality videos illustrating endoscopic practices and procedures, linked to specific points in the text
Cotton and Williams' Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy remains a must-own for all trainee and specialist gastroenterologists and endoscopists.
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, MBBS, BSc, MRCP, PhD is a Consultant Gastroenterologist at St. Mark's Hospital, London, UK. Brian P. Saunders, MD, FRCP, FRCS is a Consultant Gastroenterologist at St. Mark's Hospital and Professor of Endoscopy at Imperial College, London, UK. Jonathan Cohen, MD, FASGE, FACG is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, USA. Peter B. Cotton, MD, FRCP, FRCS is a Professor of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA. Christopher B. Williams, BM, FRCP, FRCS was a Consultant Physician in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy at St. Mark's Hospital, London, UK.
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List of Video Clips viii
Preface to the Eighth Edition x
Preface to the First Edition xi
Acknowledgments xii
About the Companion Website xiii
1 Welcome to Endoscopy 1
Resources and links 4
2 The Endoscopy Unit Staff and Management 6
Endoscopy units 6
Staff 9
Management behavior and teamwork 10
Documentation and quality improvement 10
Educational resources 11
Further reading 11
3 Endoscopic Equipment 13
Endoscopes 13
Endoscopic accessories 18
Ancillary equipment 19
Electrosurgical units 20
Lasers and argon plasma coagulation 20
Equipment maintenance 21
Infection control 22
Cleaning and disinfection 22
Further reading 26
4 Patient Care Risks and Safety 27
Patient assessment 27
Patient education and consent 32
Physical preparation 37
Sedation/anesthesia 37
Recovery and discharge 40
Managing adverse events 40
Further reading 41
5 Upper Endoscopy: The Fundamentals 43
Patient position 43
Endoscopist position 44
Endoscope Handling 44
Passing the endoscope 45
Routine diagnostic survey 48
Stomach 50
Problems during endoscopy 56
Recognition of lesions 57
Specimen collection 62
Diagnostic endoscopy under special circumstances 65
Further reading 67
6 Therapeutic Upper Endoscopy 69
Benign esophageal strictures 69
Achalasia 73
Esophageal cancer palliation 74
Gastric and duodenal stenoses 77
Gastric and duodenal polyps and tumors 78
Foreign bodies 78
Acute bleeding 82
Enteral nutrition 90
Further reading 94
7 Colonoscopy and Flexible Sigmoidoscopy 97
History 97
Indications and limitations and alternatives 97
Informed consent 101
Contraindications and infective hazards 102
Patient preparation 103
Medication 110
Equipment--present and future 114
Anatomy 119
Insertion 125
Handling "single-handed" "two-handed" or two-person? 127
Sigmoid colon--accurate steering 131
Endoscopic anatomy of the sigmoid and descending colon 134
