Maternal and Child Health Department, Sapienza - University of Rome, Santa Maria Goretti Hospital, Polo Pontino, Latina, Italy.
Maternal and Child Health Department, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Liver Unit, Sapienza - University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Dig Liver Dis. 2021 Jun;53(6):697-705. doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2021.02.016. Epub 2021 Mar 7.
Gastrointestinal endoscopy has grown dramatically over the past century, and with subsequent improvements in technology and anaesthesia, it has become a safe and useful tool for evaluation of GI pathology in children. There are substantial differences between paediatric and adult endoscopy beyond size, including: age-related patho-physiology and the different spectrum of diseases in children. Literature on endoscopic procedures in children is sparse but significant. The present review aims at describing the current knowledges on paediatric endoscopy practice and highlights the main areas of differences between paediatric and adult practice.
在过去的一个世纪中，胃肠内镜技术得到了迅猛发展，随着技术和麻醉的不断进步，它已经成为评估儿童胃肠道病理的一种安全、有效的工具。儿科内镜与成人内镜除了大小不同之外，还有很多实质性的区别，包括：与年龄相关的病理生理学和儿童不同的疾病谱。关于儿童内镜操作的文献很少但很重要。本文旨在描述目前关于儿科内镜实践的知识，并强调儿科与成人实践之间的主要差异领域。
