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History of pediatric gastrointestinal endoscopy

par Cadranel, Samy ;Mougenot, Jean François;Fishman, Douglas Shawn
Référence Practical Pediatric Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Third Edition, wiley, page (5-10)
Publication Publié, 2021-01

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During the last half century, two achievements can be considered as major advances in the field of gastroenterology: the adaptation of fiberoptics to gastrointestinal endoscopy, and, as a consequence, the discovery of Helicobacter pylori. The development of fiberoptics led to the birth of modern gastrointestinal endoscopy. The great progress of the video endoscopic equipment has rendered teaching and training a simpler task through participation of the trainee in the procedure. The improvements that have occurred in instruments, sedation and anesthesia during the last 40 years have transformed pediatric endoscopy and gastroenterology. Pediatric gastroenterologists are now able to perform difficult diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Gastrointestinal endoscopy in children has evolved from a rather confidential tool in the early 1970s, available to very few pediatric gastroenterologists with special skills and curiosity, to a routine diagnostic technique present in almost all pediatric gastroenterology units throughout the world.