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Abstract I I this work, fifty children with upper G.I. problems were :! I. There were 29 males (58%) and 21 females (42%). e aim of this work was to assess and evaluate some 1 problems qf the upper gastrointestinal tract in children. e of medical therapy with or without surgery was included. tients were classified into four groups according to the inical presentation: p of upper G.I. bleeding which included 37 p” " ~ " ”tients (74%) was further subdivided into two subgroups: pIa: of oesophageal varices (26 cases; 70.27%). D Ib: of non oes. varices origin (11 cases. 29.73%): 6 f them were gastritis, one case of traumatic tear of the antrum, one case of false bleeding (swallowed maternal one case of hiatus hernia with oesophagitis, one case of orlenal ulcer and one case of no definite cause in the upper act. up of Persistent Vomiting: It included 6 cases (12%) one e of traumatic diaphragmatic hernia, one case of genital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, one case of volvulus the stomach, one case of acute gastric dilatation and two ” " ~ " ”s of gastro-esophageal reflux. |