New Challenges in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The History of Digestive Endoscopy....Pages 3-28
Advances in Endoscopic Imaging and Diagnosis: Toward Molecular Imaging....Pages 29-39
Further Development of Endoscopic Imaging: “Era of Light” Activities with Optics and Image Processing Technology....Pages 40-54
Future Perspectives for Esophageal and Colorectal Capsule Endoscopy: Drems or Reality?....Pages 55-64
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
Endoscopic Diagnosis and Treatment of Superficial Cancer in the Oropharynx and Hypopharynx....Pages 67-76
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
Diagnosis of Esophageal and Gastric Carcinoma Using Transnasal Ultrathin Esophagogastroduodenoscopy....Pages 79-86
Magnifying Endoscopic Findings with Narrow-Band Imaging System in the Esophagus....Pages 87-94
Current Perspective on Endocytoscopic Diagnosis in the Esophagus Based on the Multicenter Study at the Endoscopic Forum Japan....Pages 95-100
Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy (EUS-FNA) for Mediastinal Abnormalities via the Esophagus....Pages 101-109
Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Esophageal Cancer....Pages 110-119
Recent Advances in Diagnostic Endoscopy to Detect Early-Stage Upper Gl Cancer and Therapeutic Endoscopy to Establish Minimally Invasive Endoluminal Treatment....Pages 120-130
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Endoscopic Diagnosis of Barrett’s Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinomas....Pages 133-144
Narrow-Band Imaging in the Diagnosis of Barrett’s Esophagus....Pages 145-152
Magnifying Endoscopy in Combination with Narrow-Band Imaging and Acetic Acid Instillation in the Diagnosis of Barrett’s Esophagus....Pages 153-160
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Screening for Gastric Cancer in Japan....Pages 163-168
A New Diagnostic VS Classification System Produced by Magnification Endoscopy Plus Narrow-Band Imaging in the Stomach: Microvascular Architecture and Microsurface Structure....Pages 169-176
Diagnosis of Gastric Cancer by Magnifying Endoscopy with Narrow-Band Imaging: Impact and Clinical Feasibility of Narrow-Band Imaging for Accomplishing Endoscopic Pathology....Pages 177-190
Autofluorescence Imaging Video-Endoscopy System for Diagnosis of Superficial Gastric Neoplasia....Pages 191-199
The Diagnosis of Gastric Cancer and Adenoma Using Endocytoscopy....Pages 200-205
Endoscopic Ultrasonography Diagnosis for Depressed Type Early Gastric Cancer: Tissue Characterization in Cases Associated with Fibrosis....Pages 206-214
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Indications for Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection of Early Gastric Cancers....Pages 215-223
Features of Therapeutic Devices for Gastric Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection and Basic Techniques....Pages 224-233
Future Prospects of Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection from the Product Development Standpoint....Pages 234-240
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Clinical Usefulness of Single-Balloon Enteroscopy for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Small-Intestinal Diseases....Pages 243-250
Cutting Edge Technology in Enteroscopy: Entero Pro, the Endo Capsule....Pages 251-261
Future Perspectives of Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy....Pages 262-270
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
Screening for Colorectal Cancer in the Asia-Pacific Region: Are We Ready Yet?....Pages 273-279
Establishment of a Standard Curriculum for Colonoscope Insertion Techniques....Pages 280-294
Magnifying Endoscope Diagnosis and NBI Diagnosis in Colorectal Neoplasm....Pages 295-305
Image Enhanced Endoscopy (IEE) Using NBI During Screening Colonoscopy: Usefulness and Application....Pages 306-316
The Efficacy of Narrow-Band Imaging (NBI) and Autofluorescence Imaging (AFI) Colonoscopy for Patients with Ulcerative Colitis....Pages 317-322
The Value of Narrow-Band Imaging Colonoscopy and Autofluorescence Imaging Colonoscopy for Ulcerative Colitis....Pages 323-329
Autofluorescence Imaging Makes it Easy to Differentiate Neoplastic Lesions from Nonneoplastic Lesions in the Colon....Pages 330-337
Endoscopic Ultrasonography Diagnosis for Colorectal Diseases....Pages 338-345
Endoscopic Mucosal Resection and Endoscopic Piecemeal Mucosal Resection for Colorectal Neoplasia....Pages 346-352
Strategy of Endoscopic Treatment for Colorectal Tumor: Recent Progress and Perspective....Pages 353-366
Front Matter....Pages 367-369
Endoscopic Sphincterotomy and Endoscopic Papillary Balloon Dilatation for Bile Duct Stones....Pages 371-378
Strategy for the Endoscopic Treatment of Common Bile Duct Stones: Should We Cut or Dilate the Papilla?....Pages 379-384
EST, EPBD, and EPLBD (Cut, Stretch, or Both?)....Pages 385-397
Future Prospects of ERCP from the Product Development Standpoint....Pages 398-399
Front Matter....Pages 367-369
Endoscopic Diagnosis and Resection Therapy of the Tumor of the Major Duodenal Papilla....Pages 403-414
Indications and Technical Methods of Endoscopic Biliary Stenting Using the Doublelayer Stent....Pages 417-422
Indications and Procedure of Biliary Metallic Stenting....Pages 423-430
Plastic Stent Placement for Unresectable Malignant Extrahepatic Biliary Stricture....Pages 431-435
Indication and Procedure of Pancreatic and Bile Duct Stenting....Pages 436-445
The Role of Peroral Cholangioscopy in the Management of Biliary Tract Diseases....Pages 449-457
Techniques and Indications of Pancreatoscopy....Pages 458-465
Diagnosis of Pancreaticobiliary Diseases Using Cholangioscopy and Pancreatoscopy with Narrow-Band Imaging....Pages 466-471
Utility of Video PTCS for Mucin- Producing Bile Duct Tumors....Pages 472-478
Standardization of Imaging Techniques in the Pancreatobiliary Region Using Radial Scanning EUS....Pages 481-488
New Diagnostic Technique of EUS Using Contrast-Enhanced Agents....Pages 489-498
Standard Scanning Techniques for EUS Examinations with Curved Linear Array Echoendoscopes....Pages 499-505
Present Status and Future Perspectives of Endoscopic Ultrasonography-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration....Pages 506-516
Clinical Impact of EUS-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration....Pages 517-525
Development of Three-Dimensional Intraductal Ultrasonography in Diagnosis for Bile Duct Carcinoma....Pages 526-531
Future of EUS Technology....Pages 532-541
Back Matter....Pages 543-561