surgery: paediatric, pyloric stenosisInfantile pyloric stenosis is the most frequently encountered infant gastrointestinal obstruction in most general hospitals. Although the primary therapy for pyloric stenosis is surgical, it is essential to realize that pyloric stenosis is a medical and not a surgical ...
Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS), also known as hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS), causes a functional gastric outlet obstruction as a result of hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the muscular layers of the pylorus. In infants, hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is the most common cause of gas...
We have recently treated an infant who presented some of the diagnostic and therapeutic problems associated with inadequate initial surgery for congenital pyloric stenosis, and to emphasize this complication, which is rarely discussed, we are presenting the following case. ...
Infantile pyloric stenosis is the most frequently encountered infant gastrointestinal obstruction in most general hospitals.Although the primary therapy for pyloric stenosis is surgical, it is essential to realize that pyloric stenosis is a medicaland not a surgical emergency. Preoperative preparation is th...
Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in twins.Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) is a common surgical cause of vomiting, which requires surgery in infant. There is the complete or partial obstruction of pylorus due to hypertrophy of circular muscle of the pylorus leading gastric outlet ...
4 mm. Four infants (1.1%) underwent a negative surgical exploration; Ultrasound was positive in 3, and negative in 1(who underwent surgery on the basis of a positive upper GI contrast). One US reported as positive had a muscle thickness <4 mm. Two false positive US were performed at ...
Of 55 infants with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis treated at our institution during the period from 1959 to 1981, three (5.45%) were low-birth-weight. They were all pre-term, appropriate for gestational age infants and two of them were female. Average age at onset was about 10 days later th...
Is open or laparoscopic pyloromyotomy better for hypertrophic pyloric stenosis?Is open or laparoscopic pyloromyotomy better for hypertrophic pyloric stenosis?hypertrophic pyloric stenosisinfantslaparoscopic pyloromyotomyopen pyloromyotomyoutcomesAuthor(s): Thomas H Inge (corresponding author) [1]; Mark Wulka...
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