Practical colonoscopy /

• Main Author: Waye, Jerome D., 1932-
• Other Authors: Aisenberg, James, Rubin, Peter H., Morales, Shannon
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. : Wiley Blackwell, 2013.
• Subjects: Colonoscopy.; Colonoscopy > methods.; Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

• The endoscopy unit, colonoscope, and accessories
• The role of the endoscopy assistant during colonoscopy
• Indications and contraindications for colonoscopy
• Preparation for colonoscopy
• Sedation for colonoscopy
• Colonoscopy technique : the ins and outs
• Colonoscopic findings
• Diagnostic biopsy
• Thermal techniques : electrosurgery, argon plasma coagulation, and laser
• Basic principles and techniques of polypectomy
• Difficult polypectomy
• Management of malignant polyps
• Therapeutic colonoscopy
• Complications of colonoscopy
• Quality in colonoscopy
• Teaching and training in colonoscopy
• Computed tomographic colonography (virtual colonoscopy)
• Advanced imaging techniques
• The future of colonoscopy.