The Indian experience with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis

A study of 58 consecutive Indian infants operated for congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis revealed an accentuated male predominance in the incidence of the disease and far less preoperative hemetemesis as compared to that in their Western counterparts. 'Pyloric tumor' was palpable in...

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Published inClinical pediatrics Vol. 29; no. 10; p. 566
Main Authors Sharma, M, Jain, S K, Pathania, O P, Taneja, S B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.10.1990
Subjects
Female
Humans
Hypertrophy - congenital
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Pneumoradiography
Pyloric Stenosis - congenital
Pyloric Stenosis - diagnosis
Pyloric Stenosis - surgery
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Summary:A study of 58 consecutive Indian infants operated for congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis revealed an accentuated male predominance in the incidence of the disease and far less preoperative hemetemesis as compared to that in their Western counterparts. 'Pyloric tumor' was palpable in 89% of cases. Only 34.5% of these infants were first born. Postoperative vomiting occurred in 13.8% of patients and wound sepsis was not encountered. Air contrast radiography confirmed the diagnosis in clinically doubtful cases.
ISSN:0009-9228
DOI:10.1177/000992289002901002