Negative exploration for pyloric stenosis - Is it preventable?

• Main Authors: Kenny Simon E (Author), Losty Paul D (Author), Craigie Ross J (Author), Shariff Raheel (Author), Mallappa Sreelakshmi (Author), Mullassery Dhanya (Author), Pilling David (Author), Baillie Colin T (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2008-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<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...