Acknowledgments
About the Editor
Contributing Authors
Preface
Chapter 1 The Structure and Function of the Modern Colonoscope
John G. Lieb II, MD
Chapter 2 Enhanced Imaging Techniques: What They Can and Cannot Do and When to Use Them
Norio Fukami, MD, AGAF, FACG, FASGE
Chapter 3 Air Versus Carbon Dioxide Insufflation Versus Water Immersion During Colonoscopy
Douglas Pleskow, MD, AGAF, FASGE; Tolga Erim, DO;
and Gyanprakash Ketwaroo, MD
Chapter 4 External Pressure During Colonoscopy: How and When to Use It
Nicolas Villa, MD and Waqar Qureshi, MD, FRCP
Chapter 5 Endoscopic Loops During Colonoscopy: How to Avoid Their Formation and How to Reduce Them When They Arise
Vivek Kaul, MD, FACG and Shivangi Kothari, MD
Chapter 6 Endoscopic Polypectomy Techniques: From Small to Large Lesions
Ali Siddiqui, MD; Serag Dredar, MD; Anna Strongin, MD;
C. Andrew Kistler, MD, PharmD; and Shou-Jiang Tang, MD
Chapter 7 Postcolonoscopy Decision Making: The Guidelines and Beyond
Melissa A. Verrengia, MD and Jeffrey L. Tokar, MD
Chapter 8 Colonoscopy Perforations: How to Avoid Them and What to Do if
They Happen
Louis M. Wong Kee Song, MD and Todd H. Baron, MD
Chapter 9 Colon Decompression
Robert E. Sedlack, MD, MHPE
Chapter 10 Colonic Stenting: What You Need to Know
Kathryn R. Byrne, MD and Douglas G. Adler, MD, FACG, AGAF, FASGE
Chapter 11 Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding: How to Evaluate and Manage
Linda S. Lee, MD and John R. Saltzman, MD, FACP, FACG, FASGE
Chapter 12 Colonoscopy Quality Indicators in Training and Beyond: What You
Need to Know
Jonathan Cohen, MD, FASGE, FACG
Financial Disclosures
Index
Biography
Douglas G. Adler, MD, FACG, AGAF, FASGE received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College in New York, NY. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Dr. Adler completed both a general gastrointestinal fellowship and a therapeutic endoscopy/ERCP fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. He then returned to the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for a fellowship in endoscopic ultrasound. Dr. Adler is currently an associate professor of Medicine and Director of Therapeutic Endoscopy at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, UT. Working primarily at the University of Utah School of Medicine’s Huntsman Cancer Institute, Dr. Adler focuses his clinical, educational, and research efforts on the diagnosis and management of patients with gastrointestinal cancers and complex gastrointestinal disease, with an emphasis on therapeutic endoscopy. He is the author of more than 200 scientific publications, articles, and book chapters and has published 3 other books about gastroenterology: Curbside Consultation in GI Cancers for the Gastroenterologist: 49 Clinical Questions, Self-Expanding Stents in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and The Little GI Book: An Easily Digestible Guide to Understanding Gastroenterology.
