RT Book, Section
A1 Marks, Jeffrey M.
A1 Ponsky, Jeffrey L.
A2 Zinner, Michael J.
A2 Ashley, Stanley W.
SR Print(0)
ID 57005351
T1 Chapter 3. Endoscopy and Endoscopic Intervention
T2 Maingot's Abdominal Operations, 12e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-163388-8
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57005351
RD 2024/10/14
AB Over  the  past  several  decades,  flexible  endoscopy  has  shifted  the  management  of  numerous  gastrointestinal  diseases  from  the  surgeon  to  the  endoscopist.  What  had  started  as  a  diagnostic  discipline  has  now  become  one  of  advanced  therapeutic  potential.  The  concept  of  performing  endoscopic  surgery  has  become  a  reality  with  the  advancement  of  endoluminal  therapies  for  neoplasia,  gastroesophageal  reflux,  and  obesity.  In  addition,  with  the  significant  investigation  into  natural  orifice  translumenal  endoscopic  surgery  (NOTES)  and  the  development  of  advanced  endoscopic  tools,  the  ability  to  perform  intraperitoneal  therapies  without  abdominal  scars  continues  to  become  more  possible.  This  chapter  will  address  the  indications  and  techniques  for  upper  and  lower  flexible  endoscopy  as  well  as  the  recent  advances  in  imaging  and  interventional  endoscopy.