Practical Colonoscopy

by Waye, Jerome D.; Aisenberg, James; Rubin, Peter H.; Morales, Shannon J.

• ISBN13: 9780470670583
• ISBN10: 0470670584
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-06-04
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Colonoscopy: Tips and Tricks is a practical guide to the fundamentals of this very common medical procedure. Specialists will also find it a useful refresher tool and trainees in gastroenterology and practicing endoscopist doctors will find it an indispensable resource. Simply split into four sections, Pre-procedure, Basic Procedure, Operative Procedures and Post-procedure, the reader will be taken through the basics of performing colonoscopy in a step-by-step fashion, with full attention given to setting up the colonoscopy setting and preparing the patient as well as the fundamentals behind the different procedures themselves. Authored by one the world’s leading expert in colonoscopy, Jerry Waye, along with an up and coming GI fellow at Mount Sinai. Complete with a companion website featuring approximately 40 video clips of colonoscopy procedures being performed by leading experts.

www.wiley.com/go/waye/practicalcolonoscopy

Author Biography

Jerome D. Waye, MD, Director of Endoscopic Education, Associate Medical Director of Endoscopy, Mount Sinai Medical Centre, New York, USA. Dr Waye served has been Chief of Endoscopy at Mount Sinai for more than 20 years and is an internationally renowned endoscopist and an expert in the removal of large polyps. He is currently president-elect of the World Organization of Digestive Endoscopy. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

James Aisenberg, MD, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, USA. Dr. Aisenberg is the Clinical Professor of Medicine at The Mount Sinai Hospital. He graduated from Harvard Medical School and completed his gastroenterology fellowship at The Mount Sinai Hospital. He has published over 100 articles, chapters, and abstracts in leading peer-reviewed journals. He is the President of the Digestive Disease Research Foundation.

Peter H. Rubin, MD, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, USA. Dr Rubin is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine and former co-Director of the Mount Sinai Endoscopy Suite. Dr. Rubin practices general gastroenterology with a focus on inflammatory bowel disease and dysplastic colon polyps. Dr Rubin has contributed to four articles on PubMed.

Table of Contents

List of Video Clips

Preface

Section 1: Pre-procedure

1 The Endoscopy Unit, Colonoscope and Accessories

2 The Role of the Endoscopy Assistant during Colonoscopy

3 Indications and Contraindications for Colonoscopy

4 Preparation for Colonoscopy

Section 2: Basic Procedure

5 Sedation for Colonoscopy

6 Colonoscopy Technique: The Ins and Outs

7 Colonoscopic Findings

8 Diagnostic Biopsy

Section 3: Operative Procedures

9 Thermal Techniques: Electrosurgery, Argon Plasma Coagulation, and Laser

10 Basic Principles and Techniques of Polypectomy

11 Difficult Polypectomy

12 Management of Malignant Polyps

13 Therapeutic Colonoscopy

14 Complications of Colonoscopy

Section 4: Current and Future Considerations

15 Quality in Colonoscopy

16 Teaching and Training in Colonoscopy

17 Computed Tomographic Colonography ("Virtual" Colonoscopy)

18 Advanced Imaging Techniques

19 The Future of Colonoscopy

Index

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