Fatal course of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in a newborn infant

Horcher, E.; Helmer, F.; Pollauf, F.

Zeitschrift für Kinderchirurgie und Grenzgebiete 30(2): 143-145

1980


ISSN/ISBN: 0044-2909
PMID: 7415554
Document Number: 167384
A complete failure of gastric emptying followed pyloro-myotomy in a pre-mature infant with a fatal outcome. The causation of an incomplete myotomy with duplication of the pylorus or a genetically determined condition are discussed.

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