Description

Endoscopic mucosal resection is a new endotherapy technique that can avoid the need for open surgery in the treatment of many superficial gastrointestinal cancers. In this practical 'how-to' manual, experts in the field provide specific, technical guidance on all aspects of endoscopic mucosal resection relevant to therapeutic endoscopic practice.

The book provides an in-depth analysis of the technique, including methods and particularities that are not usually reported in scientific articles. Each chapter includes a comprehensive literature analysis and is supported by detailed illustrations, tables and photographs.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
Preface
1 Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Cancer
2 Etiological Factors in Gastrointestinal Tumors
3 Staging before EMR
4 Advances in Endoscopic Imaging of Barrett's Esophagus
5 EMR Techniques
6 Endoscopic Mucosal Resection in the Esophagus
7 Stomach
8 Endoscopic Resection of Ampullary Neoplasms
9 EMR for Colorectal Lesions
10 Histopathology of Endoscopic Resection in the Gastrointestinal Tract
11 Follow-up after Endoscopic Mucosal Resection
12 Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection
13 EMR and ESD for early Gastrointestinal Cancers
14 How to Cope with Complications Throughout the Gastrointestinal Tract
15 Prototypes and Future Directions of Endoscopic Research
Index

About the Author

Massimo Conio, MD
Director, Department of Gastroenterology
and Digestive Endoscopy
General Hospital
Sanremo (IM), Italy

Peter D. Siersema, MD, PhD
Professor of Gastroenterology
Director Department of Gastroenterology
and Hepatology University Medical Center
Utrecht, The Netherlands

Alessandro Repici, MD
Director, Department of Digestive Endoscopy
Istituto Clinico Humanitas
Rozzano (MI), Italy

Thierry Ponchon, MD
Director, Department of Gastroenterology
Hôpital E. Herriot
Lyon, France