title: What happens to the pylorus after pyloromyotomy?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Sub-department of Paediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital, Sheffield.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Okorie
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Dickson
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Carver
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Steiner
mesh_terms: 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