title: [Therapeutic endoscopy in pediatrics].
abstract: Gastrointestinal endoscopy is a procedure that appeared at the end of the seventies and beginning of the eighties in adult patients. With time, however, the instruments have become more sophisticated and have been adapted for use in children; with this the procedure has become at present not only an important diagnostic arm but also an indispensable therapeutic procedure in much pediatric pathology. The purpose of this article is to show any physician who treats children the main therapeutic advantages and indications of this procedure.
authors.affiliation: Pediatra Gastroenterólogo, Jefe del Servicio de Endoscopia Pediátrica, Centro Médico de Especialidades, Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua, México.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Méndez-Nieto
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ramírez-Mayans
authors.forename: Erica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Montijo-Barrios
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cervantes-Bustamante
authors.forename: Flora
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zárate-Mondragón
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000379:methods; D016558:Hemostasis, Endoscopic; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007417:Intestinal Polyps / Q000601:surgery; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal