Méndez-Nieto Carlos, Ramírez-Mayans Jaime, Montijo-Barrios Erica, Cervantes-Bustamante Roberto, Zárate-Mondragón Flora
Pediatra Gastroenterólogo, Jefe del Servicio de Endoscopia Pediátrica, Centro Médico de Especialidades, Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua, México.
Rev Gastroenterol Mex. 2005 Jul;70 Suppl 1:158-65.
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.
胃肠内镜检查是一种在20世纪70年代末和80年代初出现在成年患者中的检查方法。然而，随着时间的推移，仪器变得更加精密，并已适用于儿童；由此，目前该检查不仅已成为一项重要的诊断手段，而且在许多儿科疾病中也是一种不可或缺的治疗方法。本文的目的是向任何治疗儿童的医生展示该检查方法的主要治疗优势和适应证。
