The Yield of Routine Tissue Sampling in Pediatric Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

• Published in: Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition Vol. 76; no. 4; pp. 489 - 493
• Main Authors: Anafy, Adi, Amir, Achiya Z., Brazowski, Eli, Weintraub, Yael, Yerushalmy Feler, Anat, Moran‐Lev, Hadar, Dali Levy, Margalit, Ziv‐Baran, Tomer, Cohen, Shlomi, Ben‐Tov, Amir
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.04.2023
• Subjects: agreement; biopsy; Biopsy - methods; Child; children; Duodenum - pathology; endoscopy; Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal - methods; Humans; Retrospective Studies; Sensitivity and Specificity; Stomach - diagnostic imaging; Stomach - pathology

Objectives: Societies’ guidelines suggest routine tissue sampling in all children undergoing esophagogastroduodenoscopy and ileocolonoscopy, even in the absence of visible endoscopy abnormalities. We aimed to determine the agreement between endoscopic and histopathological findings in pediatric endo...