Objective: We aimed to focus descriptively and comparatively on the children with esophageal disorders requiring endoscopy: demographics, indications, methods, complications outcomes. Material Methods: The records of indicative endoscopy between January 2005 February 2020 at department pediatric surgery a tertiary health care center were reviewed in terms demographic, etiological, technical asp...

BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori infection remains a common problem and previous studies in the Caribbean revealed infection in over 50% of patients undergoing upper endoscopy. OBJECTIVE The present study determined the prevalence of H pylori infection in patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in the Turks and Caicos Islands over a two- year interval. METHODS All patients with u...

A 13-year-old girl presented with a history of not being well during the past six months. The ultrasound examination showed an epigastric mass, which was diagnosed as a bezoar within the stomach in upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. The patient was managed by operative evacuation. It was interesting that such a large bezoar did not cause any significant obstruction for the patient.

A recent review suggested using topical pharyngeal anaesthesia only in patients who prefer to be endoscoped without sedation. Topical anaesthesia was also found to be unnecessary in sedated patients in a subsequent study'. However the mean (range) dose of midazolam given to patients in this study was 8 mg (4-10). Using a lower dose of midazolam (mean dose = 5.2 mg ± 0.5 (2SEM) ), lignocaine spr...