Efficacy of Medical Treatment for Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis: A Meta-analysis

Efficacy of Medical Treatment for Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis: A Meta-analysis

Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) is a common disease in infancy. Pyloromyotomy is universally considered the treatment for IHPS; however, oral or intravenous atropine has been reappraised for the treatment of IHPS in the past 20 years. We investigated the efficacy of atropine in the me...

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Main Authors: Shu-Fen Wu, Hsiang-Yu Lin, Fu-Kuei Huang, An-Chyi Chen, Bai-Horng Su, Chia-Ing Li, Hung-Chih Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-12-01
Series:Pediatrics and Neonatology
Subjects:
atropine
infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
pyloromyotomy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875957216300262

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