What happens to the pylorus after pyloromyotomy?
The rate of return to normal of the pylorus muscle in infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis was measured by ultrasound, using a simple pyloric volume calculation and a pyloric muscle index. The muscle hypertrophy took from two to 12 weeks to resolve.
Okorie
N M
NM
Sub-department of Paediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital, Sheffield.
Dickson
J A
JA
Carver
R A
RA
Steiner
G M
GM
D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011707:Pyloric Stenosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011708:Pylorus / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography