© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Norio Fukami (ed.)Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection10.1007/978-1-4939-2041-9_17 17. Management of Gastrointestinal EMR and ESD Perforation: From Lab to Practice Selvi Thirumurthi1 and Gottumukkala S. Raju1 (1) Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The…
The conditions indicated for endoscopic en bloc resection are as follows: 1. Lesions for which en bloc resection with snare EMR is difficult to apply ∙ LST-NG, particularly LST-NG (PD) ∙ Lesions exhibiting…
Osmolarity rate PH Tissue damage Mucosal lifting ability Cost Hemostatic effect Carious solutions HS 4 4.5–8.0 + + Cheap + 20 % DW 4 3.5–6.5 + + Cheap +…
19 Oesophageal emergencies Jon Shenfine and S. Michael Griffin Introduction This chapter focuses on the diagnosis and management of injuries to the oesophagus from a variety of different insults from…
20 Bariatric surgery Richard Welbourn Introduction Since its inception half a century ago, bariatric surgery (from the Greek word ‘baros’ for weight or pressure and ‘-iatric’ for the medicine or…
1 Pathology of oesophageal and gastric tumours Heike I. Grabsch Oesophagus Introduction Patients with neoplastic processes of the oesophagus most commonly present clinically at an advanced disease stage with strictures,…
18 Benign ulceration of the stomach and duodenum and the complications of previous ulcer surgery John Wayman Introduction The role of the surgeon in the management of peptic ulcer disease…
9 Radiotherapy and chemotherapy in treatment of oesophageal and gastric cancer Tom Crosby and Adrian Crellin Introduction The treatment of oesophagogastric cancer has become more complex, with evidence of the benefits…
7 Surgery for cancer of the stomach Takeshi Sano Introduction There seem to be two different worlds for surgeons who confront gastric cancer. In Japan and Korea, where nearly half…
13 Treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease David I. Watson Introduction Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) is common, affecting between 10% and 40% of the population of most Western countries.1,2 It is…
