Practical Pediatric Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

George Gershman, Mike Thomson

John Wiley & Sons, Nov 22, 2011 - Medical - 280 pages

This practical step-by-step guide to performing GI endoscopy safely and effectively in children covers the use of endoscopy as both a diagnostic and a therapeutic modality. Now with an entirely new section focusing on advanced endoscopic techniques, such as such as pancreatic cysto-gastrostomy, confocal endo microscopy, and single balloon enteroscopy, the new edition gives trainees and practitioners access to the most recent, as well as the most dependable, information.

Contents

• Further reading: 6
• 4: 30
• 6: 82
• 7: 104
• 8: 132
• 9: 140
• Part Three Advanced Pediatric: 149
• strictures with removable or biodegradable: 156
• Discussion and conclusion: 162
• Further reading: 168
• Endoscopic mucosal resection in Western: 180
• Endoscopic retrograde cholangio: 188
• Pancreatic indications for diagnostic: 194
• Further reading: 200
• Confocal laser endomicroscopy in: 206
• Endoscopic approaches to the treatment: 224
• Index: 235

About the author

Dr George Gershman, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA.

Dr Marvin Ament, Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, USA.

Mike Thomson is a Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist at Sheffield Children's Hospital, Sheffield, UK.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Practical Pediatric Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
• Authors: George Gershman, Mike Thomson
• Edition: 2
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2011
• ISBN: 1444354558, 9781444354553
• Length: 280 pages
• Subjects: Medical / Gastroenterology