Preprocedure assessment of patients undergoing gastrointestinal procedures / Douglas J. Robertson -- Bowel preps / Alphonso Brown -- Analgesia and sedation / Henning Gerke and John Baillie -- Oral and nasal gastrointestinal intubation / David M.S. Grunkemeier -- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) / Kim L. Isaacs -- Small bowel enteroscopy / Sauyu Lin and Michael A. Shetzline -- Endoscopic retrograde pancreatography / Nina Phatak and Michael L. Kochman -- Colonoscopy / Jerome D. Waye -- Anoscopy and rigid sigmoidoscopy / Kim L. Isaacs -- Abdominal paracentesis / Kimberly L. Beavers -- Percutaneous liver biopsy / Kimberly L. Beavers -- Injection therapy for hemostasis and anal fissures / Lisa M. Gangarosa -- Bipolar electrocautery and heater probe / Lisa M. Gangarosa -- Clips and loops / Emad M. Abu-Hamda and Todd H. Baron --Injection therapy of esophageal and gastric varices: sclerosis and cyanoacrylate / Stephen H. Caldwell, Vanessa M. Shami, and Elizabeth E. Hespenheide -- Endoscopic variceal ligation / Jason D. Conway and Roshan Shrestha -- Balloon tamponade / Kim L. Isaacs -- Polypectomy, endoscopic muscosal resection, and tattooing / Gregory G. Ginsberg and Nina Phatak -- Feeding tubes (nasoduodenal, nasojejunal) / William D. Heizer -- Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) and percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy (PEJ) / Todd H. Baron -- Colonic decompression / Jeffrey T. Wei and Nicholas J. Shaheen -- Dilation of the esophagus: mercury-filled bougies (Hurst Maloney) / Douglas R. Morgan -- Dilatation of the esophagus: wire-guided bougies (Savary and American Endoscopy) / Nicholas J. Shaheen --Pneumatic dilation for achalasia / Joel E. Richter -- Through-the-scope balloon dilation / Elena I. Sidorenko and Prateek Sharma -- Stenting of esophageal cancers: placement of expandable stents / Kenneth K. Wang -- Biliary sludge analysis / Jason D. Conway -- Endoscopic sphincterotomy (including precut) / John S. Goff -- Management of lithiasis: balloon and basket extraction, endoprosthesis, and lithotripsy / David Horwhat and M. Stanley Branch -- Management of biliary and pancreatic ductal obstruction: endoprosthesis and nasobiliary/nasopancreatic drain placement / Nalini M. Guda and Martin L. Freeman -- Management of fluid collections / Richard A. Kozarek -- Argon plasma coagulation / Ian S. Grimm -- Photodynamic therapy for Barrett's high-grade dysplasia / Bergein F. Overholt, Masoud Panjehpour, and Mary Phan --Infrared coagulation of hemorrhoids / Sidney E. Levinson -- Endoscopic management of foreign bodies of the upper gastrointestinal tract / Craig J. Cender -- Capsule endoscopy / Blair S. Lewis -- Stretta / Douglas Corley -- Enteryx injection for gastroesophageal reflux disease / David A. Johnson -- Endoscopic sewing--endocinch / David A. Johnson -- Esophageal manometry / Janice Freeman and Donald Castell -- Ambulatory 24-hour esophageal pH monitoring / Ronnie Fass, Leslie Eidelman, and Wilder Garcia-Calderon -- Gastric secretory testing / Robert S. Bulat and Roy C. Orlando -- Secretin test / Alphonso Brown -- Sphincter of Oddi manometry / Daniel J. Geenen -- Small bowel motility and the role of scintigraphy in small bowel motility / Jonathan Gonenne and Michael Camilleri -- Breath hydrogen text for lactose intolerance and bacterial overgrowth / Seyed I. M. Thiwan and William E. l Whitehead --Anorectal manometry and biofeedback / Yolanda V. Scarlett -- Endoscopic ultrasound / Poonputt Chotiprasidhi and James M. Scheiman -- Endosonography-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy / Maurits J. Wiersema and Michael J. Levy -- Endosonography-guided celiac plexus neurolysis / Maurits J. Wiersema and Michael J. Levy.