Description
Liver disease is an increasingly common cause of mortality, and its management is often complex and challenging. Endoscopy has in recent times undergone a period of rapid progress, with numerous novel and specialized endoscopic modalities that are of increasing value in the investigation and management of the patient with liver disease. As the technology in endoscopy expands, both as a diagnostic and interventional procedure, so does the role of the endoscopist in liver disease.

This full colour book and companion website offer a comprehensive guidance as to when, why, and how to perform endoscopy to best manage your patients.

Brings together two key areas liver disease and endoscopy into one expert clinical textbook
Covers the entire spectrum of clinical problems that gastroenterologists and endoscopists face while managing patients with liver disease
Includes the latest management guidelines from the key international societies, such as the ASGE, AASLD, EASL and BSG
Well illustrated with over 150 high-quality colour images
11 high-quality videos illustrating optimum endoscopy practice, all clearly referenced in the text
An indispensable tool for all gastroenterologists, hepatologists and endoscopists, Endoscopy in Liver Disease is perfect for learning how to perform endoscopy safely and effectively in the patient population with liver disorders.

Table of Contents
Section 1 - Endoscoping liver patients: safety issues

Equipment,sterilisation and training issues
Sedationand analgesia in liver disease
Endoscopyand coagulation abnormalities in the liver patient
Patientswith specific aetiologies (viral, bariatric, nafld, vcjd, alcohol)
Section 2 - Endoscopic management of portal hypertension

Diagnosis andstagingof oesophagogastric varices
Endoscopicmanagement of acute variceal bleeding
Primaryand secondary variceal prophylaxis: role of endoscopy
Refractoryvariceal bleed: when endoscopy fails what next?:
Gastropathyand gastric vascular ectasias in portal hypertension
Portalhypertensiveenteropathy and colopathy
Endoscopicultrasound in the diagnosis and management of portal hypertension
Wireless capsuleendoscopyin liver disease
Section 3 - Endoscopic diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal pathology in the liver patient

Commongastrointestinal pathology in the liver patient (barrett's, pud, gastropathy, celiac, polypoid lesions)
Anaemiaand obscure gi bleed in the liver patient
ERCP andcholangioscopyin hepatobiliary disease
EUS inthediagnosis of hepatobiliary malignancy
Endomicroscopyin the diagnosis of hepatobiliary disease
Laparoscopyin patients with hepatobiliary disease
Section 4 - Endoscopy in the liver transplant patient

Endoscopyof the liver patient prior to liver transplantation
Endoscopyof the post- liver transplant patient
Luminal diseases in the liver transplant patient