TY - BOOK AU - Sayed Abdou Salama Sayed AU - Ayman Emil Eskander , AU - Basel Abdelmonem Ebeid , AU - Mona Ahmed Abozekry , TI - Retrospective study of Egyptian children referred to the endoscopy unit for colonoscopy / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Sayed Abdou Salama Sayed , KW - Abdominal pain KW - Colonoscopy KW - Pediatrics N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics; Issued also as CD N2 - Colonoscopy is the "gold standard" procedure in diagnosis and management of lower gastrointestinal problems . All reports have shown that this procedure is safe and useful diagnostic tool in children of all age groups Aim : the aim of this retrospective study is to find out the prevalence of different colonic diseases in children . Also this work will highlight the usefulness of colonoscopy in the recognition of diseases of the colon in children in our community and identify some of the problems associated with the performance of this procedure in our department ER -