title: Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in Ghana.
abstract: In a retrospective study of 84 Ghanaian infants with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis seen over a 15-year period between 1974 and 1988, the male/female incidence ratio was 9:1. First-born infants constituted 23.8% of the patient population. The incidence of associated congenital anomalies and jaundice were 10.7% and 3.6% respectively. About 33.3% of the infants started vomiting within the first week of life. The peak-age of presentation and diagnosis was between the second and sixth weeks of life. The operative mortality was 3.6%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Tandoh
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Hesse
mesh_terms: D001722:Birth Order; D005260:Female; D005869:Ghana / Q000453:epidemiology; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011707:Pyloric Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors