Percutaneous Endoscopy

Description

An endoscopy (looking inside) is used in medicine to look inside the body. The endoscopy procedure uses an endoscope to examine the interior of a hollow organ or cavity of the body. Unlike many other medical imaging techniques, endoscopes are inserted directly into the organ. This book provides a comprehensive, practical and timely review of the minimally invasive endoscopic surgical techniques used to treat different types of conditions. Recent advances in technology, together with improved clinical outcomes, have established percutaneous endoscopic procedures as alternatives to traditional open surgery. This text describes the most effective endoscopic techniques currently available and discusses indications, surgical approaches, complications, and clinical outcomes. This book provides surgical insight, expert guidance and is a definitive 'go to' reference for surgeons. This book gives expert guidance on the full range of minimally invasive endoscopic techniques used in the management of various disorders. Language of the book is lucid. The superb content of this book will be met with great enthusiasm by the medical fraternity and is helpful in further raising the level of expertise in academic and clinical practice.