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World J Clin Pediatr. Mar 9, 2024; 13(1): 89091
Published online Mar 9, 2024. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v13.i1.89091
Imaging and endoscopic tools in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease: What’s new?
Alexandra S Hudson, Ghassan T Wahbeh, Hengqi Betty Zheng
Alexandra S Hudson, Ghassan T Wahbeh, Hengqi Betty Zheng, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, United States
Author contributions: Hudson AS made substantial contributions to the conception of the study and drafted the paper; Wahbeh GT and Zheng HB made substantial contributions to the conception of the study and made critical revisions related to the intellectual content of the manuscript; All authors gave final approval of the version of the article to be published.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There are no conflicts of interest associated with the senior author or other coauthors who contributed their efforts in this manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Hengqi Betty Zheng, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, No. 4800 Sand Point Way NE Seattle, Seattle, WA 98109, United States. betty.zheng@seattlechildrens.org
Received: October 20, 2023
Peer-review started: October 20, 2023
First decision: November 23, 2023
Revised: December 4, 2023
Accepted: January 4, 2024
Article in press: January 4, 2024
Published online: March 9, 2024
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Recent advances to imaging and endoscopic techniques and technology have improved the diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Options are now less invasive and can help avoid the repeat need for general anesthesia during endoscopy and imaging. Point-of-care ultrasound (transabdominal, transperineal, endoscopic), through-the-scope imaging (endoscopic functional lumen imaging probe) and treatment tools (balloon dilatation, injection, knife stricturotomy), unsedated transnasal endoscopy, virtual chromoendoscopy, and artificial intelligence were summarized in this current review.