Cotton Peter B., Williams Christopher B. et al. (eds.) Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: The Fundamentals

6th edition. — Wiley-Blackwell, 2008. — 229 p. — ISBN: 978-1-444-35654-0.
Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has become the basic primer for endoscopy around the world. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated. Drawing on the vast experience of the authors it provides clear and practical guidance on the fundamentals of standard endoscopy practice. It describes procedures in great depth and addresses improved therapeutic techniques and advances in technology.The book is well illustrated throughout with color line drawings and diagrams. It is an indispensable resource for all trainees in gastroenterology and essential read for all practicing endoscopists who are interested in improving their techniques.The Endoscopy Unit and Staff.
Staff.
Facilities.
Management and behavior.
Documentation.
Educational resources.
Endoscopic Equipment.
Endoscopes.
Endoscopic accessories.
Ancillary equipment.
Electrosurgical units.
Lasers and argon plasma coagulation.
Equipment maintenance.
Infection control.
Cleaning and disinfection.
Patient Care, Risks, and Safety.
Patient assessment.
Patient education and consent.
Physical preparation.
Monitoring.
Medications and sedation practice.
Recovery and discharge.
Managing an adverse event.
Upper Endoscopy: Diagnostic Techniques.
Patient position.
Endoscope handling.
Passing the endoscope.
Routine diagnostic survey.
Problems during endoscopy.
Recognition of lesions.
Specimen collection.
Diagnostic endoscopy under special circumstances.
5 Therapeutic Upper Endoscopy.
Benign esophageal strictures.
Achalasia.
Esophageal cancer palliation.
Gastric and duodenal stenoses.
Gastric and duodenal polyps and tumors.
Foreign bodies.
Acute bleeding.
Enteral nutrition.
Colonoscopy and Flexible Sigmoidoscopy.
History.
Indications and limitations.
Informed consent.
Contraindications and infective hazards.
Patient preparation.
Medication.
Equipment — present and future.
Anatomy.
Insertion.
Handling — "single-handed," "two-handed," or twoperson?
Sigmoidoscopy — accurate steering.
Endoscopic anatomy of the sigmoid and descending colon.
Sigmoidoscopy — the bends.
Sigmoidoscopy — the loops.
Diverticular disease.
Descending colon.
Splenic flexure.
Transverse colon.
Hepatic flexure.
Ascending colon and ileo-cecal region.
Examination of the colon.
Stomas.
Pediatric colonoscopy.
Per-operative colonoscopy.
Therapeutic Colonoscopy.
Equipment.
Polypectomy.
Other therapeutic procedures.