Interventional Endoscopic Ultrasound, An Issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics

As Executive Director of the H.H. Chao Comprehensive Digestive Disease Center, University of California, Irvine, Dr. Chang brings the wealth of hix experience and knowledge to the topic of interventional endoscopic ultrasound. His issue is divided into two sections, the first dealing with the best practices of interventional EUS. Articles in this section address FNA of solid pancreatic tumors, pancreatic cysts, diagnosis of SMT's, lung cancer staging, pancreatic drainage, and celiac neurolysis. The second section addresses emerging technologies for intervention EUS. These articles discuss pancreatic cyst ablation, vascular access and therapy, anti-tumor agents, fiducial markers and brachytherapy, image enhancement, tumor ablation, and anastomosis.

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Chao Comprehensive Digestive Disease CenterUniversity of California, Irvine, Orange, CA

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth J Chang, Kenneth J. Chang
• Publisher: Elsevier Health Science
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.06.2012
• EAN: 9781455738663
• ISBN: 978-1-4557-3866-3
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 532 g
• Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine