Fiberendoscopy of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Children-Experience with Newly Designed Fiberscopes

Abstract

Fiberendoscopy in children has classical indications: gastrointestinal bleeding, mucosal lesions and doubtful radiological pictures, foreign body removal, etc. – Utilization of small caliber fiberscopes is a necessity in endoscopy of children; when these fiberscopes are provided with almost all the technical achievements of bigger instruments, it is a great progress and allows further investigations in the underdevelopped field of pediatric endoscopy.