Usefulness of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in children.

Context: Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy is now important investigation in children. Although endoscopy is used routinely by pediatric surgeons, there are no recent Indian studies which have evaluated endoscopy within a Department of Pediatric Surgery.

Aims: It was done with the aim to define the diagnostic value of upper GI endoscopy and evaluate the outcome.