title: Endoscopic balloon dilatation as treatment of gastric outlet obstruction in infancy and childhood.
abstract: The application of balloon dilatation as treatment of gastric outlet obstruction is described. In two infants after inadequate pyloromyotomy and in an 11-year-old boy with surgical damage to the vagus, balloon dilatation was successful and considered a good alternative to surgery in these conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Heymans
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Bartelsman
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Herweijer
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization; D002648:Child; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011707:Pyloric Stenosis / Q000628:therapy; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000628:therapy*