title: Pediatric colonoscopy.
abstract: With the improvement of instruments, colonoscopy has become applicable also for children. During the past 10 years, pediatric colonoscopies were performed 83 times on 45 infants and children. The value and indications in pediatric colonoscopy are described here. Pediatric colonoscopy is a very significant complement to the conventional clinical and radiologic examinations.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics; D011292:Premedication