Therapeutic interventions offered now include gastroscopy, colonoscopy, balloon dilatation, sclerotherapy, banding of esophageal varices, removal of foreign bodies as well as other procedures. The interventions now offered are available only at Steve Biko Academic Hospital and patients are referred to the unit from Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and the private sector.

A new paediatric theatre was opened and a formal theatre slot was allocated on Wednesdays from 08:00 to 13:00. This has led to a marked improvement in appropriate patient care and endoscopies can now be fully utilised as diagnostic and therapeutic tool.

Useful Links

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Food allergy in children and young people - NICE guidelines

Societies

MDLinx Pediatrics - Peds Gastroenterology News and Articles

Children's Liver Disease Foundation

Liver biopsy guidelines - Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH)