[Clinical analysis of endoscopic esophageal dilation for the treatment of corrosive esophageal strictures in children].

Objectives: To investigate the clinical application of endoscopic esophageal dilation in the treatment of corrosive esophageal strictures in children.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical data of 15 children with corrosive esophageal strictures who underwent endoscopic esophageal dilation in Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine. The clinical features, treatment modality of endoscopic esophageal dilation, number of dilations, complications, and prognosis were reviewed.

Nasogastric or nasojejunal feeding in pediatric acute pancreatitis: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: The aim of this study was to compare nasogastric (NG) feeding with nasojejunal (NJ) feeding when treating pediatric patients with acute pancreatitis (AP).

Methods: We performed a single-center, prospective, randomized, active-controlled trial involving 77 pediatric patients with AP from April 2014 to December 2017. The patients were randomized into two groups: the NG tube feeding group (34 patients) and the NJ tube feeding group (33 patients).

[Age distribution characteristics of intestinal segmented filamentous bacteria and their relationship with intestinal mucosal immunity in children].

Objective: To investigate the age distribution characteristics of intestinal segmented filamentous bacteria (SFB) in children and their relationship with intestinal mucosal immunity.

Methods: The fresh feces of 177 children and the ileocecal fluid of 47 children during colonoscopy were collected. The SFB was determined by real-time PCR.

[Pancreatitis as the initial manifestation and abdominal lymph node enlargement in a boy].

A boy aged 14 years had abdominal pain as the major manifestation, with elevated serum amylase and lipase. Abdominal ultrasound performed early after onset in another hospital showed enlargement of the pancreas and a reduction in echo. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) showed pancreatic duct dilation and an unclear image of the head of the pancreas.

Association of T-helper cell cytokine level with age in patients with biliary atresia: a preliminary study.

Background: The pathogenesis of biliary atresia (BA) is associated with an inflammatory process involving the biliary tree. This study aimed to investigate the association of T-helper cell cytokine levels with age in patients with BA.

Methods: Twenty-eight patients with BA were divided into three groups according to their age (< 2 months, 2-3 months, and ≥ 3 months).

[Clinical features and prognosis of gastrointestinal injury due to foreign bodies in the upper gastrointestinal tract in children: a retrospective analysis of 217 cases].

Objective: To study the clinical features and prognosis of gastrointestinal injury caused by foreign bodies in the upper gastrointestinal tract in children.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed for the clinical data of 217 children who were diagnosed with foreign bodies in the upper gastrointestinal tract complicated by gastrointestinal injury by gastroscopy from January 2011 to December 2016, including clinical features, gastroscopic findings, complications, and prognosis.

Results: Among the 217 children, 114 (52.

[Value of nasojejunal nutrition in the treatment of children with acute pancreatitis].

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of placement of nasojejunal feeding tube and nasojejunal nutrition feeding in children with acute pancreatitis.

Method: Twenty-two patients (of whom 13 had severe acute pancreatitis and 9 acute mild pancreatitis) who needed nutritional intervention were selected. They were from Department of Gastroenterology and Surgery during the years 2009 - 2012, and they were at high nutritional risk after STONGkid nutrition risk screening.

[Noncardiac chest pain and gastroesophageal reflux in children].

Objective: To investigate the relationship between noncardiac chest pain (NCCP) and gastroesophageal reflux (GER) in children and to assess the diagnostic value of esophageal pH monitoring in patients with NCCP.

Methods: Ambulatory 24 h esophageal pH monitoring was performed in 36 NCCP cases (patient group) with recurrent chest pain and without respiratory diseases and musculoskeletal abnormalities in chest, and 20 of them underwent gastric endoscopy. Eleven of the 20 cases were found to have esophagitis (esophagitis group), while the other 9 cases showed no signs of esophagitis (non-esophagitis group) according to the diagnostic criteria of esophagitis.