Atropine: A Cure for Persistent Post Laparoscopic Pyloromyotomy Emesis?

• Main Authors: Robert Frank Cubas (Author), Shannon Longshore (Author), Samuel Rodriguez (Author), Edward Tagge (Author), Joanne Baerg (Author), Donald Moores (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: EL-Med-Pub, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Atropine has been used as a successful primary medical treatment for hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. Several authors have reported a higher rate of incomplete pyloromyotomy with the laparoscopic approach compared to open. In this study, we evaluated the use of atropine as a medical treatm...