This practical step-by-step guide to performing GI endoscopy safely and effectively in children covers the use of endoscopy as both a diagnostic and a therapeutic modality. Now with an entirely new section focusing on advanced endoscopic techniques, such as such as pancreatic cysto-gastrostomy, confocal endo microscopy, and single balloon enteroscopy, the new edition gives trainees and practitioners access to the most recent, as well as the most dependable, information.

p>George Gershman, MD, PhD, Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine. Chief, Division of Pediatrics Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Harbour-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California.

Mike Thomson, MD, FRCP, Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist, Centre for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.

Contributors.

PART ONE: Pediatric Endoscopy Setting.

1 Introduction (George Gershman).

2 Settings and Staff (George Gershman).

3 Video endoscope: How does it work? (David Barlow).

4 Pediatric Procedural Sedation for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (Tom Kallay).

PART TWO: Basic Pediatric Endoscopy Techniques.

5 Diagnostic Upper GI Endoscopy (George Gershman, Alberto Ravelli).

6 Therapeutic Upper GI Endoscopy (George Gershman, Jorge Vargas, Robert Wyllie and Marsha Kay).

7 Pediatric Colonoscopy (George Gershman).

8 Polypectomy (George Gershman).

9 Chromoendoscopy (Alberto Ravelli).

PART THREE: Advanced Pediatric Endoscopy Techniques.

10 Endoscopic Hemostasis of vareceal bleeding with polymeric glue (Mike Thomson).

11 Endoscopic treatment of benign esophageal strictures with removable and or biodegradable stents (Yvan Vandenplas, Bruno Hauser, Thierry Devreker, Daniel Urbain, Hendrik Reynaert, Antonio Quiros).

12 Endoscopic application of Mitomycin-C for intractable strictures (Mike Thomson).

13 Colonoscopic imaging and endoluminal treatment of intraepithelial neoplasia: clinical advances (Mike Thomson and Paul Hurlstone).

14 Endoscopic pancreato-cholangiography in children (Luigi Dall'Oglio, Paola De Angelis, Francesca Foschia).

15 Pancreatic cysto-gastrostomy (Mike Thomson).

16 Feasibility of Confocal endomicroscopy in the diagnosis of pediatric gastrointestinal disorders (Mike Thomson and Krishnappa Venkatesh).

17 Enteroscopy: double balloon; single balloon enteroscopy (Mike Thomson).

18 Endoluminal Gastroplication (Mike Thomson).