Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Gastrointestinal endoscopy is now mainstream and the focus is nowchanging from developing new techniques to enhancing the efficiencyand quality of fundamental techniques. There are three elements tothis agenda: initial training, continuous quality improvement andpatient empowerment. For the first time, the book is accompanied by two CD-ROMs -featuring video and animation of how to perform the techniques. Thefirst CD-ROM covers the upper GI tract and consists of twosections: (1) the background to instruments and how to get set up,and (2) how to perform diagnostic techniques. The second CD-ROMcovers diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in colonoscopy. Cotton and Williams' book has evolved with each new edition toreflect developments in the field of endoscopy over the last 20years. This fifth edition draws on the vast experience of the authorsand heralds current changes in both endoscopy and publishing. The emerging 'back to basics' attitude of endoscopy opinionformers with regard to the teaching of endoscopy has resulted in amore focused table of contents specifically targeted at newcomersto this specialty.

Autorentext

Peter B. Cotton is Professor of Medicine, and Director of the Digestive Disease Center, at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He was born and educated in England, where his father was a rural family physician. He graduated in 1963 from Cambridge University and St. Thomas Hospital Medical School. During a year of bench research as part of his GI training, he came across a paper describing the first fiberoptic gastroscope with a biopsy capability.

Christopher Williams is Consultant Physician in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy at St. Mark's and Northwick Park Hospitals in London, England. He is Director of the Wolfson Unit for Endoscopy and its associated Kennedy Leigh Academic Centre. This focuses on development of new approaches to colonoscopy, its teaching, and aspects of colorectal cancer prevention. He has private practice at the London Clinic and is Honorary Consultant at several other hospitals. Christopher Williams was born in 1938 in Norwich, England.

Klappentext
Endoscopy has revolutionized the practice of medical and surgical gastroenterology. The authors of the new fifth edition of this highly-acclaimed book are among the leading endoscopists in the world and their aim is to provide the newcomer to this field, or the practitioner requiring an update, with all the practical advice they need. In addition, this new edition includes, for the first time, two CD-ROMs with video and audio providing a personal 'master class' demonstration of the techniques by each of the authors.

In discussing the procedures themselves in both the text and the CD-ROMs. the authors begin at the top of the gut and end at the bottom. As one reviewer commented, the discussions throughout the text are characterized by the same '...clarity of expression, perception of other endoscopists' difficulties and depth of their vast experience that is so evident when [the authors] are lecturing or teaching'.

The content of the CD-ROM's are as follows:

1. The upper gastrointestinal CD-ROM uses still photographs, diagrams and videos to provide detailed information about the practice of upper endoscopy. Sections cover the endoscopy unit, staff and equipment, patient care and safety, and all standard diagnostic and therapeutic unit, staff equipment, patient care and safety, and all standard diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. There are also links to print and internet resources.

2. The colonoscopy CD-ROM, which is fully indexed and searchable, is intended to accompany and enliven the related text sections. Explanatory animations, demonstrations and endoscopic video sequences cover every aspect of colonoscopy technique and therapeutic applications.

Zusammenfassung
Gastrointestinal endoscopy is now mainstream and the focus is now changing from developing new techniques to enhancing the efficiency and quality of fundamental techniques. There are three elements to this agenda: initial training, continuous quality improvement and patient empowerment. For the first time, the book is accompanied by two CD-ROMs - featuring video and animation of how to perform the techniques. The first CD-ROM covers the upper GI tract and consists of two sections: (1) the background to instruments and how to get set up, and (2) how to perform diagnostic techniques. The second CD-ROM covers diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in colonoscopy.
Cotton and Williams' book has evolved with each new edition to reflect developments in the field of endoscopy over the last 20 years.

This fifth edition draws on the vast experience of the authors and heralds current changes in both endoscopy and publishing.

The emerging 'back to basics' attitude of endoscopy opinion formers with regard to the teaching of endoscopy has resulted in a more focused table of contents specifically targeted at newcomers to this specialty.

Inhalt
Preface to the Fifth Edition. Preface to the First Edition.

Acknowledgements.

Information on the Accompanying CD-ROM's.

1. The Endoscopy Unit and Staff.

2. Equipment.

3. Patient Care.

4. Diagnostic Upper Endoscopy Techniques.

5. Therapeutic Upper Endoscopy.

6. Colonoscopy and Flexible Sigmoidoscopy.

7. Therapeutic Colonoscopy.

8. Resources and Links.

Index