Interventional procedures in the gastrointestinal tract in children

Radiol Clin North Am. 1996 Jul;34(4):903-17.

Abstract

Significant growth and innovation in interventional procedures involving the gastrointestinal tract has occurred over the last 15 years. The authors discuss historical background, procedural planning, sedation, and monitoring during the procedure, technique, postprocedural care, and potential procedural complications in the pediatric population.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Digestive System / diagnostic imaging*
  • Dilatation
  • Esophageal Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Esophageal Stenosis / therapy
  • Esophagus / diagnostic imaging
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging
  • Foreign Bodies / therapy
  • Gastrostomy / instrumentation
  • Gastrostomy / methods
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Jejunostomy / instrumentation
  • Jejunostomy / methods
  • Radiography, Interventional / instrumentation
  • Radiography, Interventional / methods*