Main description:

This book provides an up-to-date review of therapeutic EUS with an equal focus on technical descriptions with ample endoscopic images/video clips by world experts and the scientific evidence behind the described techniques. The book provides an overview of the field in a structured manner, starting with general topics on equipment and service development and extending to the fields of EUS-guided drainage, anti-tumor therapies, and other specific EUS-guided interventional treatments.
Therapeutic Endoscopic Ultrasound is a key resource for endoscopists, gastroenterologists, surgeons, and GI oncologists.

Contents:

Therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound scanning.- 1. Preface.- General topics.- 2. Equipment and accessories for therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound.- 3. Setting up an interventional EUS service.- 4. Sedation and analgesia for interventional EUS.- 5. Training in interventional EUS .- EUS-guided drainage.- 6. Pancreatic fluid collection drainage.- 7. Biliary drainage.- 8. Pancreatic duct drainage .- 9. Gallbladder drainage.- 10. Pelvic abscess drainage.- EUS-guided anti-tumor therapy.- 11. Ablation of solid neoplasms.- 12. Ablation of pancreatic cystic lesions.- 13. Fiducial placement for guidance of radiotherapy.- 14. Brachytherapy and delivery of anti-tumor agents.- Other EUS-guided interventions.- 15. Celiac plexus blockade/neurolysis.- 16. Vascular interventions.- 17. Gastroenterostomy.- 18. Future perspectives.