Main description:

From diagnostic to therapeutic procedures, Endosonography, 3rd Edition is an easy-to-access, highly visual guide covering everything you need to effectively perform EUS, interpret your findings, diagnose accurately, and choose the best treatment course. World-renowned endosonographers help beginners apply endosonography in staging cancers, evaluating chronic pancreatitis, and studying bile duct abnormalities and submucosal lesions. Practicing endosonographers can learn cutting-edge techniques for performing therapeutic interventions such as drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts and EUS-guided anti-tumor therapy. Meticulous updates, electronic access to the fully searchable text, videos detailing various methods and procedures—and more—equip you with a complete overview of all aspects of EUS.

"This book integrates scientific data, experts' knowledge, evidence based-medicine and technical data into clinical gastrointestinal practice in a clear and concise manner." Reviewed by J Gastrointestin Liver Dis, Dec 2014

"...a stand-alone reference for an EUS-trainee with no need for further supplementary literature to get started"  Reviewed by Arab Journal of Gastroenterology, Jan 2015

Contents:

Section I. Basics of EUS

1. Principles of Ultrasound

2. Equipment

3. Training and Simulators

4. Indications, Preparation, and Adverse Effects

5. New Techniques in Endoscopic Ultrasound: Real-Time Elastography, Contrast-Enhanced EUS, and Fusion Imaging

6. How to perform EUS in the Esophagus and Mediastinum

7. EUS and EBUS in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

8. EUS in Esophageal Cancer

9. EUS in the evaluation of Posterior Mediastinal Lesions

10. How to perform EUS in the Stomach

11. Subepithelial Lesions

12. EUS in the evaluation of Gastric Tumors

13. How to perform EUS in the Pancreas, Bile Duct and Liver

14. EUS in Inflammatory Disease of the Pancreas

15. EUS in Pancreatic Tumors

16. EUS in the Evaluation of Pancreatic Cysts

17. EUS in Bile Duct, Gallbladder and Ampullary Lesions

18. How to perform Anorectal EUS

19. EUS in Rectal Cancer

20. Evaluation of Anal Sphincter by Anal EUS

21. How to perform EUS-guided Fine Needle Aspiration

22. How to perform EUS-guided Fine Needle Biopsy

23. Cytology Primer for Endosonographers

24. EUS-guided Drainage of Pancreatic Fluid Collections

25. EUS-guided Drainage of the Biliary and Pancreatic Ductal Systems

26. EUS-guided Ablation Therapy and Celiac Plexus Interventions

27. EUS-guided Drainage of Gallbladder, Pelvic Abscess and Other Therapeutic Interventions