Endoscopy and Liver Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, 1st Edition
Gastrointestinal endoscopy plays an essential role in the management of patients with liver disease. This issue reviews the standard of care in the endoscopic management of portal hypertension and biliary disease before and after liver transplantation. A thorough knowledge of the available endoscopic diagnostic and therapeutic methods is essential for the practicing hepatologist. Emphasis is placed on recent advances in imaging techniques such as the application of capsule endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasound in the evaluation of portal hypertension and recent advances in cholangioscopy and biliary tissue sampling. Additionally new information regarding the endoscopic management of esophageal and gastric varices is reviewed. Finally, the current role of ERCP in the diagnosis and staging of cholangiocarcinoma before liver transplantation and the endoscopic management of biliary complications after liver transplantation is discussed.
ISBNコード :
9781437719147
出版日 :
29-06-2010
Gastrointestinal endoscopy plays an essential role in the management of patients with liver disease. This issue reviews the standard of care in the endoscopic management of portal hypertension and biliary disease before and after liver transplantation. A thorough knowledge of the available endoscopic diagnostic and therapeutic methods is essential for the practicing hepatologist. Emphasis is placed on recent advances in imaging techniques such as the application of capsule endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasound in the evaluation of portal hypertension and recent advances in cholangioscopy and biliary tissue sampling. Additionally new information regarding the endoscopic management of esophageal and gastric varices is reviewed. Finally, the current role of ERCP in the diagnosis and staging of cholangiocarcinoma before liver transplantation and the endoscopic management of biliary complications after liver transplantation is discussed.
著者情報
By Andres Cardenas, MD, MMSc, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, and Paul J. Thuluvath, MD, MRCP, FRCP, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of Liver Transplantation, Johns Hopkins University, Balitmore, MD
| ISBN Number | 9781437719147 |
|---|---|
| Description Author List | By Andres Cardenas, MD, MMSc, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, and Paul J. Thuluvath, MD, MRCP, FRCP, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of Liver Transplantation, Johns Hopkins University, Balitmore, MD |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Edition Number | 1 |
| Format | Book |
| Trim | 152w x 229h (6.00" x 9.00") |
| Imprint | Saunders |
| Page Count | 0 |
| Publication Date | 29 Jun 2010 |
| Stock Status | IN STOCK |
"This issue of Clinics in Liver Disease is a valuable up-to-date source of the latest in the use of endoscopic techniques in liver disease. It is a book that uses multidisciplinary approaches, of interest toendoscopists, hepatologists, gastroenterlogists and surgeons, too."
Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, September 2011
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