ERCP: the fundamentals

"Authored by the very best, this is the perfect "how-to" guide to mastering a crucial yet complex gastrointestinal procedure. Peter Cotton and Joseph Leung have once again assembled many of the world's leading experts in this field to provide clear and concise guidance. There are chapters on "How to do" all of the specific manoeuvers, followed by chapters on "When to do" them (and when not to). Key highlights include the following: Full coverage of the entire range of both standard and advanced techniques, using a highly practical approach, Strong focus on patient education, safety, and minimizing risks, Twenty-four outstanding procedural videos of the experts performing ERCP, ideal for improving best practice techniques, Over 250 excellent illustrative photos, X rays, and anatomical drawings, "Tips and tricks" and key points throughout to aid rapid understanding, Reference to the latest ASGE, ACG, ASG, and UEGW guidelines throughout The book covers topics including simulation training, formal credentialing and certification, wire-guided cannulation techniques, pancreatic stenting, short wire technology, cholangioscopy, plastic versus metal stents, radiofrequency ablation, sphincter manometry, and ERCP in acute pancreatitis. Brought to you by world pioneers in endoscopy, ERCP: The Fundamentals, 2nd Edition, is an essential purchase for gastroenterologists and endoscopists of all levels"--

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 Nabi 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 Patient…