Wallgren (1941), in Gothenburg, found that pyloric stenosis occurred in four out of every 1,000 infants born alive, but in this country Davison (1946) in Newcastle found the incidence to be 28 per 1,000 live births, and Lawson (1951) in Dundee found it to be as low as 1per 1,000 live births. Wallgren, Davison and Lawson all claim that their area was particularly suitable for the calculation of ...

An "unprecedented" rise in the incidence of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) was reported from the Central Region of Scotland in 1979. Examination of statistics from Greater Manchester showed a similar trend in some district health authorities but not others. Possible explanations are examined but future research is required. Hospital Activity Analysis can provide a useful tool fo...

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In a retrospective analysis of cases of surgically confirmed infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) in South Glamorgan in the decade 1970-9 the incidence rose sharply in 1976 reflecting a general increase reported throughout Wales and from other parts of the United Kingdom. The increase was mainly among boys and although it occurred at a time when breast feeding had become more popular,...

Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is an inherited blistering disorder characterized by the fragility of the skin and mucous membranes. Extracutaneous manifestations can be associated. We report a unique concomitant occurrence of EB and hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in a newborn.

OBJECTIVE Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is a common pediatric surgical condition. A Ramstedt pyloromyotomy is performed either via laparotomy or laparoscopy. We report our first 25 cases of laparoscopic pyloromyotomy at an academic children's hospital. METHODS From January 2002 through February 2003, we retrospectively reviewed our first 25 laparoscopic pyloromyotomies. All patients had docum...

Partial trisomy 9q represents a rare and heterogeneous group of chromosomal aberrations characterised by various clinical features including pyloric stenosis. Here, we describe the case of a 1 year old female patient with different dysmorphic features including pyloric stenosis and prenatally detected partial trisomy 9q. This partial trisomy 9q has been analysed in detail to determine the size ...

Two cases of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS) developed after a few weeks of repair of an esophageal atresia and tracheo-esophageal fistula (EA and TEF). Both cases were dealt successfully with laparoscopic pyloromyotomy.

AIMS We aimed to obtain pyloric measurements of our patients with infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) using ultrasonography (US) and to evaluate the correlations between age, weight and pyloric size, pyloric ratio (PR). MATERIAL AND METHODS We designed a retrospective study including 20 term infants with surgically proven IHPS and studied the ultrasonographically obtained pyloric m...