A fully up-to-date edition of the essential introduction to Endoscopic Ultrasonography

Endoscopic ultrasonography, or EUS, has evolved over more than three decades of use to become an indispensable technique not only for diagnosing and staging a range of gastrointestinal conditions, but also for performing interventional endoscopic procedures. It has become a ubiquitous resource at hospitals across the globe. Endoscopic Ultrasonography has long been an essential resource for gastrointestinal endoscopists and other medical professionals looking to incorporate EUS into their programs of care. Now fully updated to reflect the latest research and technological development, it promises to continue in the pioneering tradition of EUS training.

Readers of the fourth edition of Endoscopic Ultrasonography will also find:

• A team of contributors which includes the pioneers of endosonography and their immediate successors
• New chapters dedicated to therapeutic procedures using lumen apposing metal stents
• A practical, hands-on approach to learning EUS

Endoscopic Ultrasonography, 4th Edition is ideal for all GI endoscopists and other medical professionals working with gastrointestinal pathologies.

Contents

۱. A history of endoscopic ultrasonography
۲. Basic principles and fundamentals of EUS imaging
۳. Learning EUS anatomy
۴. EUS instruments, room setup, and assistants
۵. EUS procedure. consent and sedation
۶. The EUS report
۷. Endosonography of the mediastinum
۸. Linear‐array EUS. normal anatomy
۹. High‐frequency ultrasound probes
۱۰. EUS elastography
۱۱. Fundamentals of EUS FNA
۱۲. EUS FNA cytology. material preparation and interpretation
۱۳. EUS. applications in the mediastinum
۱۴. EUS for esophageal cancer
۱۵. EUS of the stomach and duodenum
۱۶. EUS for gastrointestinal subepithelial masses
۱۷. EUS and its emerging modalities for the diagnosis and staging of pancreatic tumors
۱۸. EUS for pancreatic cysts
۱۹. The role of diagnostic EUS in inflammatory diseases of the pancreas
۲۰. Autoimmune pancreatitis
۲۱. EUS for biliary diseases
۲۲. EUS in liver disease
۲۳. Colorectal EUS
۲۴. Therapeutic EUS for cancer treatment
۲۵. EUS‐guided biliary access
۲۶. Pancreatic fluid collections
۲۷. EUS‐guided enteric anastomoses
۲۸. EUS‐guided drainage of pelvic fluid collections
۲۹. EUS hemostasis
۳۰. Training in EUS
۳۱. The future of EUS