Provides the comprehensive knowledge required to perform ERCP safely and effectivelyAuthored by the very best in the field, this "how-to" guide to mastering the crucial yet complex gastrointestinal procedure called endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) covers the entire range of both standard and advanced techniques, using a highly practical approach. It also places a strong emphasis on patient education, safety, and minimizing risks, offering "tips and tricks" and key points throughout to aid rapid understanding. The book is filled with over 250 illustrations. Covering ERCP preparation, techniques, clinical applications, and quality and safety, ERCP: The Fundamentals, 3rd Edition begins with chapters on "getting prepared," including training and competence; facilities and equipment; risk assessment and reduction; sedation, anesthesia, and medications. It then covers "what can be done," describing standard devices and techniques; intraductal therapies; ampullectomy; and reporting and documentation. Next it has chapters on "what should be done," clinical applications of ERCP in acute cholangitis; peri-cholecystectomy; difficult bile duct stones; biliary pain; and numerous forms of pancreatitis. The book finishes with coverage of adverse events and how to ensure competent practice. - Teaches all of the standard and advanced ERCP techniques
- Focuses on patient safety/comfort throughout
- Brilliantly-illustrated with endoscopic, EUS and radiologic images, and anatomical drawings
- Offers a step-by-step, practical approach to ERCP--highlighting potential technical and anatomical hazards
- Packed with tips and tricks boxes and key points boxes to assist comprehension
- 20 high-definition videos of ERCP performed by the experts, perfect to improve clinical technique
- Full reference to the very latest ASGE, ACG, ASG and UEGW guidelines throughout
Brought to you by world pioneers in endoscopy, ERCP: The Fundamentals, 3rd Edition is an essential purchase for gastroenterologists and endoscopists of all levels. Table of Contents- List of Contributors ix
- Introduction: Developments in ERCP over 50 years xiii
Section 1 Preparation 1- 1 Training and Assessment of Competence (Preparing the Endoscopist) 3
Joseph W. Leung and Peter B. Cotton - 2 Preparing the Facilities and Equipment 17
Joseph W. Leung and Andrew Yen - 3 ERCP: The Team 29
Phyllis Malpas - 4 Minimizing Duodenoscope Infections 39
Catherine Bauer - 5 Patient Education and Consent 45
Peter B. Cotton - 6 Risk Assessment and Reduction 49
Erin Forster and Joseph Romagnuolo - 7 Sedation, Anesthesia, and Medications 67
John J. Vargo, II Section 2 Techniques 75- 8 Standard Devices and Techniques 77
Joseph W. Leung - 9 When Standard Cannulation Approaches Fail 131
Sundeep Lakhtakia and Shyam Varadarajulu - 10 Intraductal Therapies 149
Zaheer Nabi1 and D. Nageshwar Reddy - 11 Endoscopic Ampullectomy 165
Michael Bourke - 12 The Radiology of ERCP 181
Stuart Ashley Roberts and Derrick Martin - 13 ERCP Reporting and Documentation 199
Lars Aabakken Section 3 Clinical Applications 209- 14 ERCP in Acute Cholangitis 211
Wei-Chih Liao and Hsiu-Po Wang - 15 ERCP Peri-Cholecystectomy 223
Paul R. Tarnasky - 16 Difficult Bile Duct Stones 243
Majid A. Almadi and Alan Barkun - 17 Patients with Obscure Biliary Pain; Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction 257
Peter B. Cotton - 18 Benign Biliary Strictures 263
John T. Cunningham - 19 The Role of ERCP in Pancreaticobiliary Malignancies 275
John G. Lee - 20 ERCP in Acute and Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis 291
Robert A. Moran and Gregory A. Coté - 21 Chronic Pancreatitis 305
Benjamin L. Bick, Evan L. Fogel, and Stuart Sherman - 22 Role of ERCP in Complicated Pancreatitis 321
Todd H. Baron - 23 ERCP in Children 333
Moises Guelrud and Andres Gelrud Section 4 Quality and Safety 357- 24 Adverse Events: Definitions, Avoidance, and Management 359
Peter B. Cotton and B. Joseph Elmunzer - 25 Ensuring Really Competent Practice 385
Peter B. Cotton
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