On the incidence of congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in the 17th and 18th centuries

On the incidence of congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in the 17th and 18th centuries.

The clinical picture presented by hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in the child is so distinctive that it seems improbable that such a condition, had it been as common as it is now, should have failed to attract attention before Hirschsprung's' presentation of two cases in 1888. There has been, therefore, on the one hand, a tendency, initiated by Osler2 in 1903 with his reprint of the case reporte...

Congenital Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis: A Case Report

Background Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS) is a common surgical condition in infancy, and typically presents at 2-4 weeks of age. Case Presentation A full term male neonate in Zeinabieh hospital, Shiraz, Iran was presented with oral feeding intolerance from birth, bile-stained...

On the Incidence of Congenital Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis

The clinical picture presented by hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in the child is so distinctive that it seems improbable that such a condition, had it been as common as it is now, should have failed to attract attention before Hirschsprung's' presentation of two cases in 1888. There has been, therefore, on the one hand, a tendency, initiated by Osler2 in 1903 with his reprint of the case reporte...

Congenital Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis

Szilagyi and McGraw in 1943 aptly pointed out that 'When a disease has ceased to be a therapeutic problem, scientific interest in it is likely to wane. Not infrequently successful measures of treatment are devised before the fundamental problems of a disease have been solved, and in such instances the consequent lack of interest will be reflected in the neglect of the related, less practical bu...

The Incidence of Congenital Pyloric Stenosis.