New Endoscopic and Diagnostic Techniques: Working Group Report of the First World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition: Management of GI Bleeding, Dysplasia Screening, and Endoscopic Training—Issues for the New Millennium

Over the last 10 years, there have been a number of significant advances in the field of pediatric gastrointestinal endoscopy. Pediatric endoscopists have adapted adult endoscopic techniques to the unique spectrum of disease in children and adolescents. Some techniques developed for one indication in adults have been adapted for other uses in children. Three areas that the working group feels will be of increasing importance in the next 10 years include techniques for evaluation and management of GI bleeding, dysplasia and cancer screening in the pediatric patient and acquisition of skills in pediatric GI endoscopy.

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