ERCP and EUS: Armamentarium and Surroundings

ERCP/EUS Room, Rita Conigliaro, Claudio Conti, Giuseppe Grande, Helga Bertani; X-Rays in Endoscopy, Andrea Brameri; Ultrasound Equipment, Anna Cominardi, Pietro Fusaroli; Endoscopes, Arianna Massella, Paolo Bocus; ERCP Standard and Special Devices, Andrea Oliver Tal, Jörg G. Albert; EUS Standard Devices, Danilo Castellani, Ugo Germani, Gabrio Bassotti, Raffaele Manta;
Deep Sedation and Anesthesia for Advanced Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Challenging a Continuum, Aldo Cristalli, Andrea De Gasperi;
Anatomy of the Biliary Tree, Giuseppe M. Ettorre, Roberto L. Meniconi; Anatomy of the Pancreas, Marianna Arvanitakis; CT: What We Need to Know to Start to Interpret Radiological Pictures, Marialavinia Catalano, Consolato Gullì, Alessandro Cina, Carmine Di Stasi, Riccardo Manfredi; MR: What We Need to Know to Start to Interpret Radiological Pictures, Martina Sbarra, Matteo Napoleone, Alessandro Cina, Carmine Di Stasi, Gennaro Restaino, Riccardo Manfredi; Patient Management before and after EUS/ERCP
Katja S. Rothfuss, Jörg G. Albert;

ERCP: What and How

Cannulation Techniques, Lars Aabakken; Biliary Sphincterotomy and Precut, Vincenzo Cennamo, Marco Bassi, Stefano Landi, Stefania Ghersi; Pancreatic Sphincterotomy, Stefano Francesco Crinò, Laura Bernardoni, Armando Gabbrielli; Biliary Stones Extraction
Andrea Tringali; Intraductal Lithotripsy, Jörg G. Albert, Jan Peveling-Oberhag; Biliary and Pancreatic ESWL, Lorenzo Dioscoridi, Francesco Pugliese, Edoardo Forti, Alberto Tringali, Marcello Cintolo, Giulia Bonato et al.; Biliary Stenting, Edoardo Forti, Giulia Bonato, Massimiliano Mutignani; Endoscopic Papillectomy, Laura Bernardoni, Stefano Francesco Crinò, Armando Gabbrielli; Ductoscopy, Manuel Pagitz, Jörg G. Albert; Intraductal Ablation Techniques, Brian C. Brauer; Stent Removal (Plastic and Metal)
Feng Li, Prabhleen Chahal, Manuel Perez-Miranda; ERCP in Altered Anatomy, Stefanos M. Dokas; PTC and PTC-ERCP Rendezvous Procedures, Jörg G. Albert;

EUS: What and How

EUS Diagnostic Puncture, Paolo Giorgio Arcidiacono, Livia Archibugi; Ancillary Diagnostic Techniques in EUS, Anna Cominardi, Pietro Fusaroli; EUS-Guided Transenteric Pancreatic Duct Drainage, M. Giovannini; EUS-Assisted Ablation Techniques, Silvia Carrara, Milena Di Leo; Intraductal US, Claudio Giovanni De Angelis, Ludovica Venezia, Pablo Cortegoso Valdivia; Complications: Prevention,

Diagnosis and Management

Post-ERCP Acute Pancreatitis, Bernd Kronenberger; Bleeding, Stefanos M. Dokas; ERCP-Related Perforations, Alberto Tringali, Marcello Cintolo, Massimiliano Mutignani; Miscellany Complications of ERCP, Zito Francesco Paolo, Germani Ugo, D’ Alessandro Alessandra, Zullo Angelo, Raffaele Manta; EUS Complications, Ilaria Tarantino, Michele Amata; Biliopancreatic Diseases: Clinical

Results

Common Bile Duct Stones, Bernd Kronenberger; Intrahepatic Stones, Bernd Kronenberger; Acute Cholangitis, Bernd Kronenberger;
Papillectomy: Clinical Results, Alberto Mariani; Endoscopic Management in Malignant Biliary Strictures: Tips and Tricks, Alberto Tringali; Results of EUS Transmural Biliary Drainage, Raffaele Salerno; Postoperative Biliary Stricture, Paolo Cantù, Aurelio Mauro;
Biliary Complications After Liver Transplantation, Jörg G. Albert; Biliary Leaks: Role of ERCP in Post-operative Biliary Complications
Jörg G. Albert; Biliopancreatic Diseases: Clinical Results, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, Christian Schäfer, Jörg G. Albert; Acute Cholecystitis, Andrea Anderloni, Alessandro Fugazza, Ferdinando D’Amico, Alessandro Repici; Acute Pancreatitis, Andrea Tal, Jörg G. Albert; Chronic Pancreatitis, Myriam Delhaye; Pancreatic Fistulas, Stefanos M. Dokas;

The Cytopathologist’s Point of View, EUS Tissue Sampling: What Are We Talking About?, Luca Saragoni; Molecular Biology of Biliopancreatic Lesions, Michela Visani, Giorgia Acquaviva, Annalisa Pession, Giovanni Tallini, Dario de Biase;

Clinical Algorithms, Suspected Common Bile Duct Stones (Algorithm), Maximilian David Schneider; Acute Cholangitis (Algorithm)
Maximilian David Schneider, Diagnosis of Etiology in Acute Pancreatitis, Nicolò de Pretis, Luca Frulloni; Periampullary Biliary Strictures (Algorithm), Juan J. Vila; Hilar Strictures: Algorithm, Mario de Bellis, Elena Di Girolamo; Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cyst: Algorithm, Stefano Francesco Crinò

This volume presents the technical and cultural state of the art of two of the riskiest, most complex and operator-dependent digestive operative techniques: endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS). The authors compare old and new techniques, shedding light on the most recent and innovative scientific findings, including those in the field of anatomic pathology and molecular biology considered relevant for the analysis of tissue samples collected during EUS.

In view of the technical difficulties specific to these techniques, the book also offers access to online-videos and numerous images, making it a valuable resource both for physicians approaching these techniques for the first time as well as for those already using them.

Organized into 7 sections, it describes in detail all techniques related to ERCP/EUS, together with any specific technical equipment required. It also presents a new paradigm based on the latest results in the areas of prevention, diagnosis and management of the most common complications. Clinical outcomes presented in international literature, as well as algorithms – both based on scientific evidence and expert findings – are illustrated and compared to alternative treatments.