title: [Diagnosis and treatment of juvenile polyp of the colon].
abstract: In a five year period 75 colonoscopies were carried out in 66 children with rectal bleeding. Five patients presented with severe anemia. Their age ranged from 2 to 16 years (mean 6.6). Most of the procedures were performed on an outpatient basis (87%) and under oral sedative premedication (78%). At least the splenic flexure was reached in each case. We found 59 polyps in 47 children (71%). All polyps were snared and removed during the same procedure. There were no serious complications. Colonoscopy is a most usefull diagnostic and therapeutic procedure in children with rectal bleeding, where there is a high probability that a juvenile polyp can be found which can be safely treated during the same session.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Endoscopia Quirúrgica, Hospital Regional de Iquique.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kirberg
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Morales
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003113:Colonoscopy; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010045:Outpatients; D012007:Rectum
vernacular_title: Diagnóstico y tratamiento del pólipo juvenil del colon.