Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are available at Rady Children’s Hospital’s state-of-the-art endoscopy suites for infants, children, and young adult patients. Within our Pediatric Interventional Endoscopy program, services at the endoscopy suites are provided by full-service pediatric anesthesiologists, as well as trained endoscopy nursing staff and medical professionals for all procedures.
Personalized care in endoscopy rooms and diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures for patients from nursing staff include:
- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy
- Colonoscopy and polypectomy
- Esophageal dilatation
- Esophageal and anal manometry
- Percutaneous liver biopsy
- Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placements in procedure rooms
- Percutaneous endoscopic cecostomy tube placements
- Variceal and gastrointestinal bleeding management
- Paracentesis
- Small bowel and esophageal capsule endoscopy
- pH monitoring
- Breath analysis
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
Pediatric Bowel Preparation
View our page below for guidelines regarding best pediatric bowel preparation practices for your child’s upcoming procedure.