The incidence of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis nearly halved from 2005 to 2017 : analysis of German administrative data [PDF]
Pediatric surgery international (Print), 2021 Purpose Some paediatric surgical diseases showed a declining incidence in recent years, among which hypertrophic pyloric stenosis has been particularly striking shortly in the years after the millennium.
Muensterer, Oliver J. +1 more
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Recurrent Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis in the Emergency Department: A Case Report
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2022 Introduction: Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) is a common cause of infant vomiting. Emergency department (ED) diagnosis is usually made by pyloric ultrasound and treated by pyloromyotomy.
Adeola A. Kosoko, Diego Craik Tobar
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Children, 2021 Background: The standard of treatment for infants with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is still pyloromyotomy. Recently, in most of the pediatric surgery centers laparoscopic pyloromyotomy has become popular.
Zenon Pogorelić +3 more
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Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis masked by kidney failure in a male infant with a contiguous gene deletion syndrome at Xp22.31 involving the steroid sulfatase gene: case report [PDF]
Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2022 Background: Contiguous gene deletion syndrome at Xp22.3 resulting in nullisomy in males or Turner syndrome patients typically encompasses the steroid sulfatase gene (STS) and contiguously located other genes expanding the phenotype.
Antona V. +8 more
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Case report: Late-onset hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in a 3-year-old boy: It is never too late
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022 Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis (HPS) represents a relatively rare occurrence beyond infancy. Here, we present the case of a barely 3-year-old boy diagnosed with late-onset HPS and successfully treated with extra-mucosal pyloromyotomy.
Onofrio Iacoviello +8 more
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Post-natal erythromycin exposure and risk of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Pediatric surgery international (Print), 2016 PURPOSE: Macrolide antibiotics, erythromycin, in particular, have been linked to the development of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS). Our aim was to conduct a systematic review of the evidence of whether post-natal erythromycin exposure is ...
L. Murchison, P. De Coppi, S. Eaton
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Late-Onset Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis in a 14-Weeks-Old Full Term Male Infant
Acta Medica, 2019 Background: Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is the most common cause of gastric outlet obstruction in infants, and classically presents at 2 to 6 weeks of age. Delayed presentation is an extremely rare occurrence after early infancy.
Zenon Pogorelić +4 more
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Idiopathic Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis with Complete Ladd's Band: A Rare Association
European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports, 2019 A male infant aged 45 days presented with projectile nonbilious vomiting for 2 weeks. Ultrasound showed picture of idiopathic hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.
Ahmed M. Abo Elyazeed +5 more
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Ultrasound diagnosis of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis – Time to change the criteria
Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 2022 Ultrasound is the examination of choice for the diagnosis of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS). A correct diagnosis is dependent on the technique and measurement accuracy.
L. Piotto +4 more
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Pediatric emergency care, 2021 Objectives This study aimed to investigate the feasibility of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for diagnosing hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS) in the emergency department (ED).
Jun Sung Park +5 more
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