Dilatation

Here at Children’s Hospital Boston, our care is informed by our research. Children’s is home to the world’s most extensive research enterprise at a pediatric hospital.

We’re known for our science-driven approach. In fact, we’re home to the world's most extensive pediatric hospital research enterprise, and we partner with elite health care and biotech organizations around the globe. But as specialists in innovative, family-centered care, our physicians never forget that your child is precious, and not just a patient.

Our Gastroenterology Procedure Unit performs cutting-edge research studies in a number of areas, including:

• use of endoscopic ultrasound
• sedation techniques
• advanced imaging for occult GI bleeding
• chronic esophageal disease
• polyposis
• motility disorders
• inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

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