TY - JOUR
T1 - Recurrent pyloric stenosis
T2 - a form of the incomplete pyloromyotomy
AU - Chiu, Sherwin S.
AU - Gilbert, James C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Authors
PY - 2018/2
Y1 - 2018/2
N2 - Post-pyloromyotomy emesis is common and may be secondary to non-surgical conditions such as pyloric edema, gastroparesis, pylorospasm, or gastroesophageal reflux. Early persistent postoperative emesis is typically attributed to an incomplete pyloromyotomy; whereas delayed postoperative emesis after an asymptomatic period with weight gain has been attributed to recurrent pyloric stenosis. We report a case of an incomplete pyloromyotomy, fulfilling all the criteria of recurrent pyloric stenosis, that suggests recurrent pyloric stenosis is not a separate entity, but a form of the incomplete pyloromyotomy with a failure of the hypertrophied pyloric muscle to regress after an unsuccessful pyloromyotomy.
AB - Post-pyloromyotomy emesis is common and may be secondary to non-surgical conditions such as pyloric edema, gastroparesis, pylorospasm, or gastroesophageal reflux. Early persistent postoperative emesis is typically attributed to an incomplete pyloromyotomy; whereas delayed postoperative emesis after an asymptomatic period with weight gain has been attributed to recurrent pyloric stenosis. We report a case of an incomplete pyloromyotomy, fulfilling all the criteria of recurrent pyloric stenosis, that suggests recurrent pyloric stenosis is not a separate entity, but a form of the incomplete pyloromyotomy with a failure of the hypertrophied pyloric muscle to regress after an unsuccessful pyloromyotomy.
KW - Incomplete pyloromyotomy
KW - Pyloromyotomy
KW - Recurrent pyloric stenosis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85031807062&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.epsc.2017.09.033
DO - 10.1016/j.epsc.2017.09.033
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85031807062
SN - 2213-5766
VL - 29
SP - 14
EP - 17
JO - Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
JF - Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
ER -