New Challenges in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy has become indispensable in both diagnosis and treatment of GI disorders. It has been 10 years now since the first Endoscopy Forum Japan was held, and in that time, leading young endoscopists, including colleagues from Asia
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H. Niwa (Supervising Editor) H. Tajiri, M. Nakajima, K. Yasuda (Editors)
New Challenges in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Supervising Editor: Hirohumi Niwa, M.D. President, Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society 3-22 Kanda Ogawa-machi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0052, Japan Professor of Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine 2-16-1 Sugao, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki 216-8511, Japan Editors: Hisao Tajiri, M.D. Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine 3-25-8 Nishishinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan Masatsugu Nakajima, M.D. President, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital 355-5 Kamanza-dori, Maruta-machi-agaru, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8026, Japan Kenjiro Yasuda, M.D. Director, Department of Gastroenterology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital 355-5 Kamanza-dori, Maruta-machi-agaru, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8026, Japan
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Preface
It goes without saying that recent developments in the field of gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy have been remarkable. GI endoscopy has now become indispensable in both the diagnosis and treatment of GI disorders. Advances in GI endoscopy have been largely the result of cooperation between endoscopists and endoscopic manufacturers in the development of new instruments and new techniques. In Japan, joint academic and industrial research commenced in this field fi in 1957. We, the endoscopists of Japan, have continued to actively promote the development and use of new models and clinical applications, and also have put much effort into education and training. The inaugural Endoscopy Forum Japan (EFJ) was held in August 1999 in Otaru, Hokkaido. Now, in the summer of 2008, it has been 10 years since the fi first EFJ was held. In that time, a total of 187 leading young endoscopists, including colleagues from Asia, Australia, Europe, and the United States, have participated in this forum, di
