Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in newborns younger than 21 days: remodeling the path of surgical intervention

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 998-1001

  Leaphart, Cynthia L ^a   Borland, Kate ^a   Kane, Timothy D ^a   Hackam, David J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis; Neonate; Projectile vomiting; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC PYLORUS STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLOROMYOTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; PYLORIC STENOSIS, HYPERTROPHIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 44949084611     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.02.022     Document Type: Article

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