Abdominal Key

Chapter 15 Underwater Endoscopic Mucosal Resection Andrew Nett, MD and Kenneth F. Binmoeller, MD Introduction Conventional endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) involves the use of submucosal fluid injection to lift a…

Chapter 14 Inject and Snare Large-Area Piecemeal Endoscopic Mucosal Resection Douglas K. Rex, MD Introduction Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) in the gastrointestinal tract refers to submucosal injection following by snare…

Chapter 13 Polypectomy Yoji Takeuchi, MD; Noriya Uedo, MD; and Ryu Ishihara, MD Introduction Polypectomy is a well-established technique for the endoscopic removal of gastrointestinal (GI) polyps. Most GI polyps…

Chapter 12 Electrosurgical Equipment and Principles of Electrosurgery Jeffrey D. Mosko, MD and Gyanprakash A. Ketwaroo, MD, MSc Introduction Endoscopic resection has come a long way since the advent of…

Chapter 11 Devices and Accessories for Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Osamu Goto, MD, PhD Introduction The concept of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) emerged in late 1990s1 for the management of early…

Chapter 17 Technical Aspects for Precutting Endoscopic Mucosal Resection Naohisa Yoshida, MD, PhD; Ken Inoue, MD, PhD; and Yoshito Itoh, MD, PhD Introduction Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) has become a…

Chapter 23 Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Using a Scissors-Type Knife Osamu Dohi, MD, PhD and Yoshito Itoh, MD, PhD Introduction In Japan, endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is one of the standard…

Chapter 33 Per-Oral Endoscopic Pyloromyotomy Marc A. Ward, MD and Lee L. Swanström, MD, FACS, FASGE, FRCSEng Introduction Flexible endoscopy has made incisionless treatment of a variety of diseases possible….

Chapter 30 Training in Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection and Endoscopic Mucosal Resection The Eastern Perspective Masao Yoshida, MD and Kohei Takizawa, MD Introduction Some experts have proposed that endoscopic submucosal dissection…