title: [Digestive interventional endoscopy in pediatrics].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Pediátrica, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela. pdbautis@usc.es
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bautista Casasnovas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Villanueva Jeremías
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Estévez Martínez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Méndez Gallart
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Taboada Santomil
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Varela Cives
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans