Gastrointestinal Endosonography

By Michael V. Sivak, Dam Van, Jacques Van Dam MD PhD, et al.

With the ever-increasing demand for cost-effective care, endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) represents the best and least expensive way of performing biopsies of many gastrointestinal cancers and regional lymph nodes.

Gastrointestinal Endosonography brings you the most comprehensive, abundantly illustrated guidance available on this essential technology. 31 pioneering endosonographers from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, and the USA explain precisely how to use EUS with maximum effectiveness in a wide variety of applications.Step-by-step explanation of proceduresUses of EUS for imaging and staging of various gastrointestinal cancers as well as the evaluation of portal hypertension
EUSguided fine needle aspiration biopsyauthored by the experts who pioneered the techniqueEmerging interventional/therapeutic applications

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0721679897
• ISBN13: 9780721679891
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 0.8" x 8.8"