Colonoscopy: Principles and Practice

First Edition - Winner of 2004 BMA Medical Book Competition in Gastroenterology

A state-of-the-art reference guide covering all aspects of the performance, technical and clinical background to colonoscopy

The second edition of this prize winning book is written by some of the world’s foremost experts in the field of colonoscopy and colonic imaging. Every chapter has been updated and 5 new chapters have been added to include the latest information and advances in the field of colonoscopy:

• Capsule Colonoscopy 
• Narrow Band Imaging
• Confocal Endomicroscopy
• Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection in the Colon
• New Colonoscopes and Assist Devices

Drawing on the vast experience of the authors it covers every area of medicine that impacts on colonoscopy, including virtual colonography, pathology, techniques for pediatric and adult procedures, and legal aspects concerning colonoscopy. 

The book is focused on patient care, and provides explanations on how to perform the procedure effectively and make the best outcome for your patients. It serves as a detailed manual of procedures, extensively illustrated with diagrams and photographs and there is an accompanying DVD with multiple demonstrations of technique.

This is an invaluable compendium on all aspects of colonoscopy, suitable for use by every grade of practitioner world-wide and an essential reference book for allestablishments with an endoscopy facility.

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• History of Colonoscopy in the Rectum and Colon
  
• The Colonoscopy Suite
  
• The Colonoscopy Assistant
  
• Informed Consent for Colonoscopy

2. Teaching and Quality Aspects

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• Training in Colonoscopy
  
• Teaching Aids in Colonoscopy
  
• Teaching Colonoscopy
  
• Role of Simulators in Endoscopy
  
• Continuous Quality Improvement in Colonoscopy

3. Indications, Contraindications, Screening, and Complications

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• Indications and Contraindications
  
• Diagnostic Yield of Colonoscopy by Indication
  
• Screening Colonoscopy: Rationale and Performance
  
• Cost-effectiveness of Colonoscopy Screening
  
• Hereditary Colorectal Cancer
  
• Complications

4. Reports and Imaging

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• Standardization of the Endoscopic Report
  
• Reporting and Image Management

5. Preparation for Colonoscopy

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• Preparation for Colonoscopy
  
• Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Colonoscopy
  
• Management of Anticoagulation and Antiplatelet Agents
  
• Sedation for Colonoscopy

6. Hardware

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• The Video Colonoscope
  
• The Colonoscope Insertion Tube
  
• Magnetic Imaging of Colonoscopy
  
• Accessories
  
• Clips, Loops, and Bands: Applications in the Colon
  
• Colonoscopic Biopsy
  
• Cleaning and Disinfection

7. Basic Procedure

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• Insertion Technique
  
• Missed Neoplasms and Optimal Colonoscopic Withdrawal Technique

8. Colon Polyps: Incidence, Growth and Pathology

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• Polyp Biology
  
• Colon Polyps, Prevalence rates, Incidence Rates, and Growth Rates
  
• Pathology of Colorectal Polyps

9. Polypectomy

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• Principles of Electrosurgery, Laser, and Argon Plasma Coagulation with Particular Regard to Colonoscopy
  
• Polypectomy - Basic Principles
  
• Difficult Polypectomy
  
• Retrieval of Colonic Polyps

10. Malignant Polyp, Surveillance Post-Polypectomy, Post-Cancer Resection

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• Management of the Malignant Polyps
  
• Postpolypectomy Surveillance
  
• Colonoscopy after Colon Cancer Resection

11. Neoplastic Detection and Staging: New Techniques

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• Magnifying Colonoscopy, Early Colorectal Cancer, and Flat Adenomas
  
• Flat and Depressed Colorectal Adenomas in the Western Hemisphere
  
• Chromoendoscopy
  
• Optical Techniques for the Endoscopic Detection of Early Dysplastic Colonic Lesions
  
• Endoscopic Ultrasonography of the Colon
  
• Virtual Colonoscopy in the Evaluation of Colonic Diseases

12. Clinical use of Colonoscopy

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• Colonoscopy and Severe Hematochezia
  
• Endoscopy in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
  
• Infections and Other Noninflammatory-Bowel-Disease Colitides
  
• Acute Colonic Pseudo-obstruction
  
• Radiation Proctopathy
  
• Benign and Malignant Colorectal Strictures
  
• Pediatric Colonoscopy

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13. Future of Colonoscopy

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• The Future of Colonoscopy

Jerry Waye, MD, has been Chief of Endoscopy at Mount Sinai for more than 20 years. An internationally renowned endoscopist and expert in the removal of large polyps, Dr. Waye has written 7 textbooks, 200 papers and editorials, and is past president of the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. He is currently president-elect of the World Organization of Digestive Endoscopy.

Douglas K. Rex, MD, is Professor of Medicine and Director of Endoscopy in the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology at Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis. He has received several Outstanding Teacher Awards and the Department of Medicine's Excellence in Teaching Award. His research interests focus on colorectal disease, colorectal cancer screening, and colonoscopy technique. He coauthored the 2000 colorectal cancer screening recommendations of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) and is a past President of the ACG. He was the Chair of the U.S. Multisociety Task Force on Colorectal Cancer from 1999 through 2006.

Christopher Williams is Consultant Physician at the Wolfson Unit for Endoscopy, St Marks Hospital for Colorectal and Intestinal Disorders, London.?He is the editor of several high-profile gastroenterology books, of particular note co-editing with Peter Cotton the award-winning and best-selling Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy:?The Fundamentals — now in its 6th edition with Wiley-Blackwell.

"This book undoubtedly represents the 'state-of-the-art' in colonoscopy [...] The language is as clear as only great experts can use, the iconography (all in colour) is superb, the bibliography up to date and precise. The editorial presentation is excellent and warrants the price. Very rarely has the reviewer examined a monograph devoted not to a disease but to a single technique which has impressed him so much for its clarity, completeness, attractiveness and – if it is allowed – its fascination."

Digestive and Liver Disease 37 (2005) 544-545