[Measurement of cardia and pylorus distance by endoscopy in children]

P Torres; A Adrianza; B Luzardo; G G de Rodríguez; I González; J L Toro; H Römer

[Measurement of cardia and pylorus distance by endoscopy in children]

G E N. 1993 Jan-Mar;47(1):3-5.

[Article in Spanish]

Authors

P Torres¹, A Adrianza, B Luzardo, G G de Rodríguez, I González, J L Toro, H Römer

Affiliation

¹ Servicio de Gastroenterología del Hospital de Niños J. M. de los Ríos, Caracas, Venezuela.

PMID: 8243970

Abstract

We performed upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in 258 children. We measured the distance from the teeth to cardias and pylorus and found, that height correlated with distance from then teeth to cardias.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Cardia / anatomy & histology*
Child
Child, Preschool
Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal*
Humans
Infant
Pylorus / anatomy & histology*