Handbook of gastroenterologic procedures

Content: Preprocedure assessment of patients undergoing gastrointestinal procedures / Douglas J. Robertson --
Bowel preps / Alphonso Brown --
Analgesia and sedation / Henning Gerke and John Baillie --
Oral and nasal gastrointestinal intubation / David M.S. Grunkemeier --
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) / Kim L. Isaacs --
Small bowel enteroscopy / Sauyu Lin and Michael A. Shetzline --
Endoscopic retrograde pancreatography / Nina Phatak and Michael L. Kochman --
Colonoscopy / Jerome D. Waye --
Anoscopy and rigid sigmoidoscopy / Kim L. Isaacs --
Abdominal paracentesis / Kimberly L. Beavers --
Percutaneous liver biopsy / Kimberly L. Beavers --
Injection therapy for hemostasis and anal fissures / Lisa M. Gangarosa --
Bipolar electrocautery and heater probe / Lisa M. Gangarosa --
Clips and loops / Emad M. Abu-Hamda and Todd H. Baron. Injection therapy of esophageal and gastric varices: sclerosis and cyanoacrylate / Stephen H. Caldwell, Vanessa M. Shami, and Elizabeth E. Hespenheide --
Endoscopic variceal ligation / Jason D. Conway and Roshan Shrestha --
Balloon tamponade / Kim L. Isaacs --
Polypectomy, endoscopic muscosal resection, and tattooing / Gregory G. Ginsberg and Nina Phatak --
Feeding tubes (nasoduodenal, nasojejunal) / William D. Heizer --
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) and percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy (PEJ) / Todd H. Baron --
Colonic decompression / Jeffrey T. Wei and Nicholas J. Shaheen --
Dilation of the esophagus: mercury-filled bougies (Hurst Maloney) / Douglas Morgan --
Dilatation of the esophagus: wire-guided bougies (Savary and American Endoscopy) / Nicholas J. Shaheen. Pneumatic dilation for achalasia / Joel E. Richter --
Through-the-scope balloon dilation / Elena I. Sidorenko and Prateek Sharma --
Stenting of esophageal cancers: placement of expandable stents / Kenneth K. Wang --
Biliary sludge analysis / Jason D. Conway --
Endoscopic sphincterotomy (including precut) / John S. Goff --
Management of lithiasis: balloon and basket extraction, endoprosthesis, and lithotripsy / David Horwhat and M. Stanley Branch --
Management of biliary and pancreatic ductal obstruction: endoprosthesis and nasobiliary/nasopancreatic drain placement / Nalini M. Guda and Martin L. Freeman --
Management of fluid collections / Richard A. Kozarek --
Argon plasma coagulation / Ian S. Grimm --
Photodynamic therapy for Barrett\'s high-grade dysplasia / Bergein F. Overholt, Masoud Panjehpour, and Mary Phan. Infrared coagulation of hemorrhoids / Sidney E. Levinson --
Endoscopic management of foreign bodies of the upper gastrointestinal tract / Craig J. Cender --
Capsule endoscopy / Blair S. Lewis --
Stretta / Douglas Corley --
Enteryx injection for gastroesophageal reflux disease / David A. Johnson --
Endoscopic sewing --
endocinch / David A. Johnson --
Esophageal manometry / Janice Freeman and Donald O. Castell --
Ambulatory 24-hour esophageal pH monitoring / Ronnie Fass, Leslie Eidelman, and Wilder Garcia-Calderon --
Gastric secretory testing / Robert S. Bulat and Roy C. Orlando --
Secretin test / Alphonso Brown --
Sphincter of Oddi manometry / Daniel J. Geenen --
Small bowel motility and the role of scintigraphy in small bowel motility / Jonathan Gonenne and Michael Camilleri --
Breath hydrogen text for lactose intolerance and bacterial overgrowth / Seyed I.M. Thiwan and William E. Whitehead. Anorectal manometry and biofeedback / Yolanda V. Scarlett --
Endoscopic ultrasound / Poonputt Chotiprasidhi and James M. Scheiman --
Endosonography-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy / Maurits J. Wiersema and Michael J. Levy --
Endosonography-guided celiac plexus neurolysis / Maurits J. Wiersema and Michael J. Levy.