[Digestive interventional endoscopy in pediatrics].
With development and improvement of the endoscope equipment, the paediatric endoscopy is developing from the diagnosis endoscopy to the interventional endoscopy. It is realized under general anaesthesia as a minimal invasive surgery and it is necessary to regularize the legal requirements. The main acts are realized in a current way in paediatrics endoscopy units: extraction of foreign body, dilation of oesophageal strictures, gastrostomy, polipectomy. Other indications are less frequent: injection sclerotherapy, haemostasis of upper GI bleeding or endoscopic achalasia treatment. The biliary and/or pancreatic lesions is rare in children, in these cases, interventional endoscopy is usually done with the collaboration of the adult endoscopists, with a far experience. Interventional endoscopy is a safe and effective technique that can be performed in all the pediatrics endoscopy units.
Bautista Casasnovas
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Servicio de Cirugía Pediátrica, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela. pdbautis@usc.es
Villanueva Jeremías
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Estévez Martínez
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Méndez Gallart
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Taboada Santomil
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Varela Cives
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D002648:Child; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans