Clinical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Section I: Equipment and General Principles of Endoscopy History of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Setting up an Endoscopic Facility How Endoscopes Works (Standard and EUS) Cleaning and Disinfecting Endoscopic Equipment Tissue Sampling, Specimen Handling, and Chromoendoscopy Electrosurgical Principles Patient Assessment, Sedation, and Monitoring Patient Preparation and Pharmacotherapeutic Considerations Reporting, Documentation, and Risk Management Small Caliber Endoscopy Section II: Luminal Gastrointestinal Disorders Part 1: Benign Disorders Bleeding Acute Non-Variceal Bleeding Portal Hypertensive Bleeding Lower GI Bleeding (Tics, AVM, polyp/CA,Post-polypectomy, ischemia, hemorrhoids, fissure) Obscure GI Bleeding Chronic GI Bleeding (GAVE, AVMs, Camarron Lesions, Radiation Proctitis) Gastroesophageal Reflux Benign Strictures: (rings, webs, congenital, peptic, anastomotic,- pneumatic, fixed, fluoro, steroids, laser, needleknife) Achalasia Rx, testing (mano, pH, EUS, Xray, Scint) Ingested Foreign Objects and Food Bolus Impactions Zencker's Diverticula ( Inflammatory Bowel Disease (S Infections of the Luminal Digestive Tract Enteral Nutritional Access Colonic Pseudo-obstruction Part 2: Neoplastic Disorders Esophagus Diagnosis and Staging of Esophageal Carcinoma Diagnosis and surveillance of Barrett's Esophagus Endoscopic therapy for superficial esophageal carcinoma Endoscopic palliation of malignant dysphagia and esophageal fistulae Non-epithelial tumors of the esophagus Gastroduodenum Evaluation of Gastric Polyps and Thickened Gastric Folds Endoscopic Therapy for Gastroduodenal Neoplasms Management of UGI FAP syndrome Colorectum Colorectal Cancer Screening and Surveillance Colonoscopic polypectomy and Endoscopic Mucosal Resection Endoscopic Palliation of Colorectal Tumors (Stents, lasers, PDT, etc) Section 3: Pancreaticobiliary Disorders ERCP Techniques Diagnostic cholangiography Diagnostic pancreatography Difficult Cannulation and Sphincterotomy ERCP tissue Sampling Techniques EUS Techniques EUS Imaging of Pancreaticobiliary Lesions EUS Guided FNA of Pancreaticobiliary Lesions Benign Biliary Tract Disorders Choledocolithiasis Benign Biliary Strictures and Leaks Infectious Biliary Tract Diseases Biliary Sphincter Disorders Benign Pancreatic Disorders Acute pancreatitis and Peripancreatic Fluid Collections Acute Relapsing Pancreatitis Chronic pancreatitis, Stones and Strictures Pancreatic Duct Leaks and Pseudocysts Malignant Pancreaticobiliary Tract Disorders Palliation of Malignant Pancreaticobiliary Obstruction Ampullary Tumors Section 4: What's Next in Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy Endoluminal Surgery Bioresorbable Stents Electronic Instrumentation (New Techniques in Imaging (LIFE, OCT, Ramman, etc)