Everson Artifon / Michel Kahaleh / Todd Baron
The book is a comprehensive textbook on Therapeutic Endosonography (TEUS), tracing its evolution from a diagnostic tool into an advanced, minimally invasive surgical alternative.Here is a summary of the key topics covered in the book:History & Foundations: Traces the evolution from diagnostic EUS to interventional EUS, covering fundamental ultrasound physics and fine-needle aspiration techniques.Pancreatic & Fluid Collection Management: Focuses on core interventional procedures, such as draining pancreatic fluid collections and performing necrosectomies.Biliary, Gallbladder & Pancreatic Duct Interventions: Details complex procedures like EUS-guided gallbladder drainage and specialized bile duct (BD) and pancreatic duct (PD) drainage, especially for patients with altered anatomy or failed conventional ERCP.Transgastric Interventions: Covers techniques like EGDE, EDGI, and EUS-guided gastrojejunostomy (GJ) to treat conditions like gastric outlet obstruction.Abscess Drainage & Pain Management: Explores real-time ultrasound-guided drainage of liver, pelvic, and mediastinal abscesses, as well as celiac neurolysis for palliative pain relief in pancreatic cancer.New Frontiers & Emerging Applications: Highlights cutting-edge applications merging endoscopy with hepatology and oncology, including liver biopsies, portal venous pressure measurement, EUS-guided TIPS, pancreatic tumor ablation, cancer therapeutics, hemostasis, and colonic/urological interventional EUS.Safety & Patient Care: Emphasizes technical safety, general patient management, sedation, and post-procedure care to ensure patient outcomes remain the primary focus alongside innovation.
