New frontiers for therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound in children

Valerio Balassone; Simona Faraci; Chiara Imondi; Paola De Angelis; Tamara Caldaro; Luigi Dall'Oglio

doi:10.18528/ijgii220040

International Journal of Gastrointestinal Intervention (Jan 2023)

New frontiers for therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound in children

Valerio Balassone,
Simona Faraci,
Chiara Imondi,
Paola De Angelis,
Tamara Caldaro,
Luigi Dall'Oglio

Affiliations

Valerio Balassone: Digestive Surgery and Endoscopy Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Rome, Italy
Simona Faraci: Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Rome, Italy
Chiara Imondi: Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Rome, Italy
Paola De Angelis: Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Rome, Italy
Tamara Caldaro: Digestive Surgery and Endoscopy Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Rome, Italy
Luigi Dall'Oglio: Digestive Surgery and Endoscopy Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Rome, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18528/ijgii220040
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

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Therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound is a well-established tool for several gastrointestinal disorders in adults. Diffusion in children is still limited but it can represent an effective, non-invasive option. A selection of relevant clinical cases will be presented.

child; drainage; endosonography; gastric outlet obstruction; pancreatitis

Published in International Journal of Gastrointestinal Intervention

ISSN: 2636-0004 (Print); 2636-0012 (Online)
Publisher: Society of Gastrointestinal Intervention
Country of publisher: Korea, Republic of
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine; Medicine: Internal medicine: Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
Website: http://www.ijgii.org

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