Current management of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.
Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is a relatively common paediatric condition effectively cured by Ramstedt's pyloromyotomy. Nevertheless, published results demonstrate a residual perioperative morbidity indicating a need for improved management. While technological advances in diagnosis and treatment may contribute to this, attention to the details of perioperative care coupled with a meticulous surgical approach are likely to have a much greater impact.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children, London.
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Stringer
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Brereton
D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008722:Methods; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011707:Pyloric Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014945:Wound Healing