Principles of Flexible Endoscopy for Surgeons

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Marks, Jeffrey M. (Editor), Dunkin, Brian J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gastroenterology.; Surgery.; Endoscopic surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; General Surgery.; Minimally Invasive Surgery.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6330-6

Written entirely by surgical endoscopists, Principles of Flexible Endoscopy for Surgeons presents a comprehensive overview of past, present, and future flexible gastrointestinal endoscopic techniques, with a focus on educating surgeons who may or may not already have the skills to perform flexible e...

Table of Contents:

• A History of Flexible Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
• Basic components of flexible endoscopes
• Setup and care of endoscopes
• Pre-procedural Considerations
• Intraoperative considerations
• Post-procedural considerations
• Endoscopic tools/techniques for tissue sampling
• Tools and Techniques for Gastrointestinal Hemostasis
• Endoscopic Tools and techniques for Tissue Removal and Ablation
• Endoscopic Tools and techniques for strictures and stenoses
• Endoscopic techniques for enteral access
• Endoscopic tools and techniques for fistula and leaks
• Endoscopic considerations in morbid obesity
• Endoscopic considerations in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
• Intraoperative Endoscopy
• Techniques of upper endoscopy
• Techniques and tips for lower endoscopy
• Techniques of office based endoscopy: Unsedated Transnasal Endoscopy
• Techniques of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
• Management of endoscopic complications
• Photodocumentation of endoscopic findings
• Future of endoscopy.