This volume presents the technical and cultural state of the art of two of the riskiest, most complex and operator-dependent digestive operative techniques: endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS). The authors compare old and new techniques, shedding light on the most recent and innovative scientific findings, including those in the field of anatomic pathology and molecular biology considered relevant for the analysis of tissue samples collected during EUS.

In view of the technical difficulties specific to these techniques, the book also offers access to online-videos and numerous images, making it a valuable resource both for physicians approaching these techniques for the first time as well as for those already using them.

Organized into 7 sections, it describes in detail all techniques related to ERCP/EUS, together with any specific technical equipment required. It also presents a new paradigm based on the latest results in the areas of prevention, diagnosis and management of the most common complications. Clinical outcomes presented in international literature, as well as algorithms - both based on scientific evidence and expert findings - are illustrated and compared to alternative treatments.

Massimiliano Mutignani received his degree in Medicine and Surgery from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome in 1989. He then completed his first specialization in Emergency General Surgery and Emergency department there in 1994 and obtained a second qualification in Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy in 2003. From 1994 to 2010 he held the annual training course on Clinical General surgery and organized several seminars on liver and biliary Surgery, as well as Digestive Endoscopy. In 2009 he became associate professor of general surgery, and was head of the Gastroenterology and Endoscopy department at the Fatebenefratelli Ophtalmic Hospital for a year. Since 2012, he has been head of the department of Digestive and Interventional Endoscopy at Niguarda Hospital. He has been invited to give lectures on these topics at more than 450 national and international meeting and courses and is the author of 110 publications.

Jörg G. Albert graduated from the Ruprecht-Karl University of Heidelberg and Mannheim Medical School in 2000. He then he worked at the Klinikum of Ludwigshafen and at the Martin-Luther University Hospitals and Clinics in Halle-Witemberg. In 2008 he moved to the department of Internal Medicine at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital in Frankfurt and is currently head of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Endocrinology at the Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus in Suttgart. He is a member of the American Gastroenterological Association and the European Society Of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

Carlo Fabbri is a world renowned endoscopist boarded in both Europe and the United States. His research group is focused on gastrointestinal cancer screening program, endoscopic ultrasonography and interventional endoscopy, and the use of new devices to diagnose and treat biliary and pancreatic diseases. Using the adjunction of both Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS) has permitted successful treatment of newly described procedures that have had a major impact on patient management with obstruction related to cancer. The adjunct use of both Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS) has permitted him and his team to successfully treat pancreatic collections and perform newly described procedures that have had a major impact on patient management.