1st ed. 2021 Edition
by Philip W. Y. Chiu (Editor), Yasushi Sano (Editor), Noriya Uedo (Editor), Rajvinder Singh (Editor)
Endoscopy
in Early Gastrointestinal Cancers, Volume 2: Treatment covers the
detailed information of the indications, techniques and perioperative
management of endoscopic resection including endoscopic mucosal
resection (EMR) and endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD).
Carcinoma
of the gastrointestinal tract remained a major health issue worldwide,
which is, however notoriously difficult to treat. Endoscopic resection
for early neoplasia of the gastrointestinal tract had been developed for
more than 25 years. Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is a
recently developed technique pioneer by Japanese endoscopists. The
principle of ESD is to achieve a complete resection of gastrointestinal
neoplasia limited to mucosa with adequate circumferential margins. This
novel endoscopic technique not only allows the achievement of en-bloc
resection for early GI cancers, it also conveys a significantly lower
rate of local recurrence as compared to EMR for early gastric cancers.
There is an urge for the knowledge in applying these novel technologies
for the treatment of early GI neoplasia worldwide. This book on the
endoscopic treatment of early GI neoplasia, containing lots of
illustrations, artwork and numerous short video clips, serves as a
bridge between the recent development in endoscopy and the knowledge of
gastroenterologist, endoscopist and surgeons.
