Ramstedt's operation in district hospitals--is it safe?
Over a 10-year period, 47 infants with congenital hypertrophic stenosis underwent Ramstedt's pyloromyotomy in a district general hospital. The operations were carried out by 10 surgeons-6 consultants and 4 registrars. There were 3 major wound infections and 3 incisional hernias. One infant was referred to a specialist centre for reoperation.
D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006767:Hospitals, District; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011707:Pyloric Stenosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011708:Pylorus / Q000473:pathology; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies