Full Description
From diagnostic to therapeutic procedures, Endosonography, 3rd Edition is an easy-to-access, highly visual guide covering everything you need to effectively perform EUS, interpret your findings, diagnose accurately, and choose the best treatment course. World-renowned endosonographers help beginners apply endosonography in staging cancers, evaluating chronic pancreatitis, and studying bile duct abnormalities and submucosal lesions. Practicing endosonographers can learn cutting-edge techniques for performing therapeutic interventions such as drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts and EUS-guided anti-tumor therapy. Meticulous updates, electronic access to the fully searchable text, videos detailing various methods and procedures and more equip you with a complete overview of all aspects of EUS. "This book integrates scientific data, experts' knowledge, evidence based-medicine and technical data into clinical gastrointestinal practice in a clear and concise manner." Reviewed by J Gastrointestin Liver Dis, Dec 2014"...a stand-alone reference for an EUS-trainee with no need for further supplementary literature to get started" Reviewed by Arab Journal of Gastroenterology, Jan 2015Get a clear overview of everything you need to know to establish an endoscopic practice, from what equipment to buy to providing effective cytopathology services.Understand the role of EUS with the aid of algorithms that define its place in specific disease states.Gain a detailed visual understanding and mastery of how to perform EUS systematically using illustrations, high-quality endosonography images, and videos.Glean all essential, up-to-date information about endosonography including transluminal drainage procedures, contrast-enhanced EUS, and fine-needle aspiration techniques.Benefit from the extensive knowledge and experience of world-renowned leaders in endosonography, Drs. Robert H. Hawes, Paul Fockens, and Shyam Varadarajulu.Locate information quickly and easily through a consistent chapter structure, with procedures organized by body system.Access the full text online at Expert Consult.Master how to perform EUS systematically using the station-based approach and the latest techniques on FNA and therapeutic interventions using step-by-step procedural videos and high-quality images from leading global authorities.
Contents
Section I. Basics of EUS1. Principles of Ultrasound2. Equipment3. Training and Simulators4. Indications, Preparation, and Adverse Effects5. New Techniques in Endoscopic Ultrasound: Real-Time Elastography, Contrast-Enhanced EUS, and Fusion ImagingSection II. Mediastinum6. How to perform EUS in the Esophagus and Mediastinum7. EUS and EBUS in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer8. EUS in Esophageal Cancer9. EUS in the evaluation of Posterior Mediastinal LesionsSection III. Stomach10. How to perform EUS in the Stomach11. Subepithelial Lesions12. EUS in the evaluation of Gastric TumorsSection IV. Pancreas and Biliary Tree13. How to perform EUS in the Pancreas, Bile Duct and Liver14. EUS in Inflammatory Disease of the Pancreas15. EUS in Pancreatic Tumors16. EUS in the Evaluation of Pancreatic Cysts17. EUS in Bile Duct, Gallbladder and Ampullary LesionsSection V. Anorectum18. How to perform Anorectal EUS19. EUS in Rectal Cancer20. Evaluation of Anal Sphincter by Anal EUSSection VI. EUS-guided Tissue Acquisition21. How to perform EUS-guided Fine Needle Aspiration22. How to perform EUS-guided Fine Needle Biopsy23. Cytology Primer for EndosonographersSection VII. Interventional EUS24. EUS-guided Drainage of Pancreatic Fluid Collections25. EUS-guided Drainage of the Biliary and Pancreatic Ductal Systems26. EUS-guided Ablation Therapy and Celiac Plexus Interventions27. EUS-guided Drainage of Gallbladder, Pelvic Abscess and Other Therapeutic Interventions
