Endoscopic Ultrasonography (2^nd Ed.)

The ability of endoscopic ultrasonography to diagnose the spectrum of gastrointestinal disorders, from gallstones to ulcerative disease to polyps and tumors, has quickly established it as important equimpent in the gastroenterologist's office. Endoscopic Ultrasonography is a comprehensive, well-illustrated text describing this important new technology for diagnosing gastrointerstinal disease.

1. EUS at the Beginning: a Personal History.

2. Basic Principles and Fundamentals of Endoscopic Ultrasound Imaging.

3. EUS Instruments, Room Setup, and Assistants.

4. EUS Procedure Technique (consent, sedation).

5. The EUS Report.

6. Radial EUS Normal Anatomy.

7. Linear Array EUS Normal Anatomy.

8. Fundamentals of EUS fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy.

9. EUS FNA Cytology Material Preparation and Interpretation.

10. High Frequency Ultrasound Probes.

11. Endoscopic Ultrasound: Applications in the Mediastinum.

12. EUS for Esophageal Cancer.

13. Endoscopic Ultrasound of the Stomach and Duodenum.

14. Gastrointestinal Subepithelial Masses.

15. EUS for the Diagnosis and Staging of Solid Pancreatic Neoplasms.

16. EUS for Pancreatic Cysts.

17. EUS for Pancreatitis.

18. EUS for Biliary Disease.

19. Colo Rectal EUS.

20. Therapeutic EUS.

21. Training in Endoscopic Ultrasound.

22. The Future of EUS

Gastroenterologists, trainees and residents