Negative exploration for pyloric stenosis – Is it preventable?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The diagnosis of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS), although traditionally clinical, is now increasingly dependent on radiological corroboration. The rate of negative exploration in IHPS has been reported as 4%. The purp...

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Main Authors: Kenny Simon E, Losty Paul D, Craigie Ross J, Shariff Raheel, Mallappa Sreelakshmi, Mullassery Dhanya, Pilling David, Baillie Colin T
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-09-01
Series:BMC Pediatrics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2431/8/37