Laparoscopic management of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
Gogolja, D.; Visnjić, S.; Maldini, B.; Radesić, L.; Roić, G.; Zganjer, M.; Fattorini, I.
Acta Medica Croatica Casopis Hravatske Akademije Medicinskih Znanosti 55(1): 39-42
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 1330-0164 PMID: 11428282 Document Number: 532110
Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is a common problem in pediatric surgery. Conventional management by the upper laparotomy was the method of choice over the last few decades. Advanced minimally invasive surgery allows successful endoscopic management of this entity too. We report on our initial experience with endoscopic surgery in the treatment of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis with respect to some technical details. The operative procedure was well tolerated by the infant. After a short and uneventful postoperative course, the infant regained eating habits and was discharged from the hospital on the fifth postoperative day. Our favourable initial experience suggests that laparoscopic pyloromyotomy could be a safe and efficient alternative to the open surgery.