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ENDOSONOGRAPHY
Endosonography
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Edited By
Robert Hawes, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, MUSC Medical Center, Charleston, SC, USA
Paul Fockens, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of Endoscopy, Department of Gastroenterology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Description
Practical coverage on "how to perform EUS" with written text describing the technique. The book's two sections help you learn to manipulate the endoscope and interpret what you see, and offer clear diagnostic guidance on each condition you may come across.

Contents
SECTION ONE – BASICS OF EUS

1: Introduction

2: Principles of ultrasound

3: Equipment

4: Setting up an EUS service

5. Training and simulators

6: Indications, preparation, risks and complications

SECTION TWO - MEDIASTINUM

7: How to perform EUS in the esophagus and mediastinum

8: EUS in non-small cell lung cancer

9: EUS in esophageal cancer

10: EUS diagnosis of posterior mediastinal masses, lymph nodes and cysts

SECTION THREE - STOMACH

11: How to perform EUS in the stomach

12: Submucosal lesions

13: EUS in Gastric Cancer

14: EUS to evaluate gastric wall layer abnormalities – non-Hodgkin lymphoma and other causes

SECTION FOUR - PANCREAS AND BILIARY TREE

15: How to perform EUS in the liver, pancreas and bile duct

16: EUS in inflammatory disease of the pancreas

17: EUS in pancreatic neoplasms

18: EUS in the evaluation of pancreatic cysts

19: EUS in bile duct stones and bile duct tumors

SECTION FIVE - ANO-RECTUM

20: How to perform ano-rectal EUS

21: EUS in rectal cancer

22: EUS to evaluate anal sphincter abnormalities

SECTION SIX - EUS FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION

23: How to perform EUS-guided FNA

24: A cytology primer for endosonographers

SECTION SEVEN - THERAPEUTIC EUS

25: Fine needle injection therapy

26: EUS Guided Drainage and Anastomosis

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 344 pages, publication date: MAY-2006
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-2953-3
ISBN-10: 1-4160-2953-2
Imprint: SAUNDERS


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