Main description:

This volume provides a concise overview of the most important and vital aspects of upper endoscopy. The text is specifically geared towards first-year GI fellows and novice endoscopists in order to help them rapidly assimilate the core concepts needed to perform upper endoscopy in the most important and most commonly encountered clinical situations. The book also covers the most important variations of normal anatomy and pathology and how to manage them. Key concepts covered include foreign body removal, diagnosis and management of upper GI bleeding, Barrett's Esophagus, evaluation and management of benign and malignant strictures of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum, submucosal lesions, and evaluation of post operative upper GI anatomy. A plethora of high quality color illustrations and narrated online video clips illustrate major concepts in the book are also included.
Written by experts in the field, Upper Endoscopy for GI Fellows is a valuable resource for new physicians just starting to perform upper endoscopy.

Contents:

1. How to Perform a High Yield EsophagogastroduodenoscopyThiruvengadam Muniraj and Douglas G. Adler
2. Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal BleedingStephen R. Rotman and John R. Saltzman
3. Variceal Upper GI BleedingJianhua Andy Tau and Waqar A. Qureshi
4. Foreign Body RemovalJuan Reyes Genere and Uzma D. Siddiqui
5. Diagnosis and Management of Barrett's EsophagusKathryn R. Byrne and Douglas G. Adler
6. Benign Strictures of the Esophagus, Stomach and Duodenum: Evaluation and ManagementVivek Kaul and Shivangi T. Kothari
7. Malignant Strictures of the Esophagus, Stomach and Duodenum: Evaluation and ManagementShivangi T. Kothari and Vivek Kaul
8. Endoscopic appearance after foregut surgeryDavid L. Diehl and Jon D. Gabrielsen9. Enteral Feeding Tubes: What every fellow should knowJohn C. Fang<
10. Complications of upper endoscopy and their managementC. Andrew Kistler, Aaron Martin, Jeremy Kaplan, Joseph Yoo, and Ali A. Siddiqui
11. Pediatric EGDKeisha R. Mitchell and Douglas S. Fishman
12. Evaluation and management of mucosal and submucosal lesions in the foregutDino Beduya and Gulshan Parasher
13. Enteroscopy for GI FellowsThiruvengadam Muniraj and Linda S. Lee
14. Quality in Upper EndoscopyImran Sheikh and Jeffrey Tokar