Abstract
AbstractPediatric patients with upper gastrointestinal disorders have benefited significantly from recent advances in endoscopic technology. Improved techniques of esophageal endosclerosis and dilatation have reduced the morbidity associated with these 2 procedures. Twenty‐five patients underwent 136 endosclerosis treatments, with effective control of bleeding in all. Three of four deaths were caused by primary organ failure and one was due to a complication of endosclerosis. Fifty‐seven patients with esophageal stricture have undergone successful dilatation with uniformly good results and no major complications. Virtually all foreign bodies may now be successfully removed endoscopically from the esophagus or stomach and formerly unrecognized mucosal lesions have been defined as a common source of gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Continued advances in therapeutic pediatric endoscopy will be limited only by the imagination of the pediatric endoscopist.
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