[eBook Code] Colonoscopy (eBook Code, 1st)

1. General Aspects of Colonoscopy

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• History of Colonoscopy in the Rectum and Colon
  
• The Colonoscopy Suite
  
• The Colonoscopy Assistant
  
• Informed Consent for Colonoscopy

2. Teaching and Quality Aspects

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• Training in Colonoscopy
  
• Teaching Aids in Colonoscopy
  
• Teaching Colonoscopy
  
• Role of Simulators in Endoscopy
  
• Continuous Quality Improvement in Colonoscopy

3. Indications, Contraindications, Screening, and Complications

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• Indications and Contraindications
  
• Diagnostic Yield of Colonoscopy by Indication
  
• Screening Colonoscopy: Rationale and Performance
  
• Cost-effectiveness of Colonoscopy Screening
  
• Hereditary Colorectal Cancer
  
• Complications

4. Reports and Imaging

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• Standardization of the Endoscopic Report
  
• Reporting and Image Management

5. Preparation for Colonoscopy

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• Preparation for Colonoscopy
  
• Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Colonoscopy
  
• Management of Anticoagulation and Antiplatelet Agents
  
• Sedation for Colonoscopy

6. Hardware

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• The Video Colonoscope
  
• The Colonoscope Insertion Tube
  
• Magnetic Imaging of Colonoscopy
  
• Accessories
  
• Clips, Loops, and Bands: Applications in the Colon
  
• Colonoscopic Biopsy
  
• Cleaning and Disinfection

7. Basic Procedure

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• Insertion Technique
  
• Missed Neoplasms and Optimal Colonoscopic Withdrawal Technique

8. Colon Polyps: Incidence, Growth and Pathology

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• Polyp Biology
  
• Colon Polyps, Prevalence rates, Incidence Rates, and Growth Rates
  
• Pathology of Colorectal Polyps

9. Polypectomy

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• Principles of Electrosurgery, Laser, and Argon Plasma Coagulation with Particular Regard to Colonoscopy
  
• Polypectomy - Basic Principles
  
• Difficult Polypectomy
  
• Retrieval of Colonic Polyps

10. Malignant Polyp, Surveillance Post-Polypectomy, Post-Cancer Resection

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• Management of the Malignant Polyps
  
• Postpolypectomy Surveillance
  
• Colonoscopy after Colon Cancer Resection

11. Neoplastic Detection and Staging: New Techniques

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• Magnifying Colonoscopy, Early Colorectal Cancer, and Flat Adenomas
  
• Flat and Depressed Colorectal Adenomas in the Western Hemisphere
  
• Chromoendoscopy
  
• Optical Techniques for the Endoscopic Detection of Early Dysplastic Colonic Lesions
  
• Endoscopic Ultrasonography of the Colon
  
• Virtual Colonoscopy in the Evaluation of Colonic Diseases

12. Clinical use of Colonoscopy

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• Colonoscopy and Severe Hematochezia
  
• Endoscopy in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
  
• Infections and Other Noninflammatory-Bowel-Disease Colitides
  
• Acute Colonic Pseudo-obstruction
  
• Radiation Proctopathy
  
• Benign and Malignant Colorectal Strictures
  
• Pediatric Colonoscopy

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13. Future of Colonoscopy

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• The Future of Colonoscopy