Endoscopic balloon dilatation as treatment of gastric outlet obstruction in infancy and childhood.
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.
Heymans
H S
HS
Department of Pediatrics, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Bartelsman
J W
JW
Herweijer
T J
TJ
D002404:Catheterization; D002648:Child; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011707:Pyloric Stenosis / Q000628:therapy; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000628:therapy*