Endoscopy is a central tool for the evaluation and management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In the last few decades, gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy has undergone significant technological developments including availability of pediatric-size equipment, enabling comprehensive investigation of the GI tract in children. Simultaneously, professional organization of GI experts have developed guidelines and training programs in pediatric GI endoscopy. This prompted the Porto Group on Pediatric IBD of the European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition to develop updated guidelines on the role of GI endoscopy in pediatric IBD, specifically taking into considerations of recent advances in the diagnosis, disease stratification, and novel therapeutic targets in these patients.

Centre for Paediatric Gastroenterology Sheffield Children's Hospital Sheffield United Kingdom

Children's Hospital Zagreb Faculty of Medicine Zagreb Croatia

Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology University Hospital Southampton Southampton UK

Department of Paediatrics University Hospital Motol Prague Czech Republic

Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona Spain

Department of Pediatrics Ghent University Hospital Ghent Belgium

Department of Pediatrics Massachusetts General Hospital Boston MA

Department of Translational Medical Science Section of Pediatrics Federico 2 University of Naples Italy

Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition University Children's Hospital Zurich Switzerland

Institute of Gastroenterology Nutrition and Liver Diseases Schneider Children's Medical Center affiliated to the Sackler faculty of Medicine Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Israel

Institute of Paediatric Gastroenterology Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem Israel

National Children's Research Centre and Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland Dublin Ireland

Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit IREC Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc Université Catholique de Louvain Brussels Belgium

Pediatric Gastroenterology and Liver Unit Sapienza University of Rome Italy

Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit Hospital Materno Infantil Málaga Spain

Pediatric Gastroenterology Erasmus Medical Center Sophia Children's Hospital Rotterdam The Netherlands

Pediatric Gastroenterology Unit Hospital Sao João Porto Portugal

Queen Mary's Hospital for Children Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Carshalton Surrey

Rambam Medical Center Haifa Israel

St Marien Hospital Department of Pediatrics Bonn Germany

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Management of paediatric ulcerative colitis, part 1: Ambulatory care-An updated evidence-based consensus guideline from the European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and the European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation