THERAPEUTIC ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND

1. Preface. General topics
2. Equipment and accessories for therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound
3. Setting up an interventional EUS service
4. Sedation and analgesia for interventional EUS
5. Training in interventional EUS
EUS-guided drainage
6. Pancreatic fluid collection drainage
7. Biliary drainage
8. Pancreatic duct drainage
9. Gallbladder drainage
10. Pelvic abscess drainage
EUS-guided anti-tumor therapy
11. Ablation of solid neoplasms
12. Ablation of pancreatic cystic lesions
13. Fiducial placement for guidance of radiotherapy
14. Brachytherapy and delivery of anti-tumor agents
Other EUS-guided interventions
15. Celiac plexus blockade/neurolysis
16. Vascular interventions
17. Gastroenterostomy
18. Future perspectives.

This book provides an up-to-date review of therapeutic EUS with an equal focus on technical descriptions with ample endoscopic images/video clips by world experts and the scientific evidence behind the described techniques. The book provides an overview of the field in a structured manner, starting with general topics on equipment and service development and extending to the fields of EUS-guided drainage, anti-tumor therapies, and other specific EUS-guided interventional treatments.
Therapeutic Endoscopic Ultrasound is a key resource for endoscopists, gastroenterologists, surgeons, and GI oncologists.

Features
• Provides an up-to-date review of therapeutic applications of endoscopic ultrasound
• Contains "How-I-do-it" descriptions by leading world experts in the field illustrated with video clips
• Puts equal focus on evidence for described techniques and technical aspects