Research Catalog

Title

Atlas of colonoscopy : examination techniques and diagnosis / Helmut Messmann ; with contributions by Jürgen Barnert [and others] ; [translator, Stefanie Kramer].

Author

Messmann, Helmut.

Publication

Stuttgart ; New York : Thieme, [2006], ©2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

Barnert, Jürgen.

Description

xi, 236 pages : illustrations (some color); 32 cm

Uniform Title

Lehratlas der Koloskopie. English

Alternative Title

Lehratlas der Koloskopie.

Subject

• Colonoscopy > Atlases
• Colonoscopy > methods
• Intestinal Diseases > diagnosis
• Intestinal Diseases > surgery

Genre/Form

Atlas.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

General information regarding examination -- Basic examination technique and colonoscopy workstation -- Modern endoscopy techniques -- Before the examination -- Inserting the endoscope and advancing it in the colon -- Normal appearance of the intestinal segments -- Normal postoperative appearances -- Diverticulosis and diverticulitis -- Polyps and polyposis syndrome -- Malignancies -- Submucosal tumors -- Colitis, chronic inflammatory bowel syndrome, and other inflammatory bowel diseases -- Acute and chronic lower gastrointestinal bleeding -- Vascular malformations and other vascular lesions -- Melanosis coli -- Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome -- Rare diagnoses and disorders -- Polypectomy and mucosectomy -- Interventional treatment of tumors -- Hemostasis -- Therapeutic treatment of benign stenoses -- Fistulas and post-operative endoscopic repair -- Removing foreign objects -- Decompression tubes for lumen dilation -- Terminology and diagnostic standards -- Image and video documentation -- Computer-supported diagnosis in practice.

ISBN

• 3131405716 (alk. paper)
• 1588904318 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2005020351

OCLC

• ocm61121109
• SCSB-5241116

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries