Colonoscopy: Principles and Practice Book

	Preface
	List of Contributors
1	History of Endoscopy in the Rectum and Colon	1
2	The Colonoscopy Suite	21
3	The Colonoscopy Assistant	44
4	Informed Consent for Colonoscopy	55
5	Training in Colonoscopy	63
6	Teaching Aids in Colonoscopy	70
7	Teaching Colonoscopy	76
8	Role of Simulators in Endoscopy	84
9	Continuous Quality Improvement in Colonoscopy	89
10	Indications and Contraindications	102
11	Diagnostic Yield of Colonoscopy by Indication	111
12	Screening Colonoscopy: Rationale and Performance	131
13	Cost-effectiveness of Colonoscopy Screening	139
14	Hereditary Colorectal Cancer	151
15	Complications	170
16	Standardization of the Endoscopic Report	183
17	Reporting and Image Management	199
18	Preparation for Colonoscopy	210
19	Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Colonoscopy	220
20	Management of Anticoagulation and Antiplatelet Agents	224
21	Sedation for Colonoscopy	229
22	The Video Colonoscope	238
23	The Colonoscope Insertion Tube	259
24	Magnetic Imaging of Colonoscopy	265
25	Accessories	276
26	Clips, Loops, and Bands: Applications in the Colon	287
27	Colonoscopic Biopsy	295
28	Cleaning and Disinfection	309
29	Insertion Technique	318
30	Missed Neoplasms and Optimal Colonoscopic Withdrawal Technique	339
31	Polyp Biology	351
32	Colon Polyps: Prevalence Rates, Incidence Rates, and Growth Rates	358
33	Pathology of Colorectal Polyps	377
34	Principles of Electrosurgery, Laser, and Argon Plasma Coagulation with Particular Regard to Colonoscopy	393
35	Polypectomy - Basic Principles	410
36	Difficult Polypectomy	420
37	Retrieval of Colonic Polyps	443
38	Management of Malignant Polyps	448
39	Postpolypectomy Surveillance	459
40	Colonoscopy after Colon Cancer Resection	468
41	Magnifying Colonoscopy, Early Colorectal Cancer, and Flat Adenomas	478
42	Flat and Depressed Colorectal Neoplasia in the Western Hemisphere	487
43	Chromoendoscopy	501
44	Optical Techniques for the Endoscopic Detection of Early Dysplastic Colonic Lesions	509
45	Endoscopic Ultrasonography of the Colon	536
46	Virtual Colonoscopy in the Evaluation of Colonic Diseases	547
47	Colonoscopy and Severe Hematochezia	561
48	Endoscopy in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases	573
49	Infections and Other Noninflammatory-Bowel-Disease Colitides	582
50	Acute Colonic Pseudo-obstruction	596
51	Radiation Proctopathy	603
52	Benign and Malignant Colorectal Strictures	611
53	Pediatric Colonoscopy	624
54	The Future of Colonoscopy	630
	Index	639