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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Mar 16, 2015; 7(3): 169-182
Published online Mar 16, 2015. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v7.i3.169
Therapeutic upper gastrointestinal tract endoscopy in Paediatric Gastroenterology
Imdadur Rahman, Praful Patel, Philip Boger, Shahnawaz Rasheed, Mike Thomson, Nadeem Ahmad Afzal
Imdadur Rahman, Praful Patel, Philip Boger, Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Southampton, SO16 6YD Southampton, United Kingdom
Imdadur Rahman, Nadeem Ahmad Afzal, Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Southampton, SO16 6YD Southampton, United Kingdom
Shahnawaz Rasheed, Department of Surgery, the Royal Marsden Hospital, SW3 6JJ London United Kingdom
Mike Thomson, Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, the Children's Hospital Sheffield, Western Bank, S10 2TH Sheffield, United Kingdom
Author contributions: All authors contributed to this manuscript.
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Correspondence to: Dr. Nadeem Ahmad Afzal, MBBS, MRCP, MRCPCH, MD (UK), Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Gastroenterology, University Hospital Southampton, Room 217, G Floor, Mailpoint 44, Tremona Road, SO16 6YD Southampton, United Kingdom. n.afzal@soton.ac.uk
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Received: July 28, 2014
Peer-review started: July 28, 2014
First decision: September 18, 2014
Revised: December 14, 2014
Accepted: December 29, 2014
Article in press: December 31, 2014
Published online: March 16, 2015
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Abstract

Since the first report of use of endoscopy in children in the 1970s, there has seen an exponential growth in published experience and innovation in the field. In this review article we focus on modern age therapeutic endoscopy practice, explaining use of traditional as well as new and innovative techniques, for diagnosis and treatment of diseases in the paediatric upper gastrointestinal tract.

Keywords: Child; Pediatrics; Endoscopy; Gastroscopy; Intestinal polyps; Hemorrhage; Caustics; Gastrostomy; Mitomycin; Gastroesophageal reflux

Core tip: This is a comprehensive review on use of therapeutic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy for emergency and elective procedures in paediatric gastroenterology.