An unusual surgical cause of pyloric stenosis in an 8-month-old infant

• Main Authors: Francis Msume Banda (Author), M G Mutapanduwa (Author), C Goutam (Author), A Steenhoff (Author), Dipesalema Joel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) is the most common surgical cause of nonbilious, projectile vomiting in children. Its incidence is estimated to be 2-5/1000 live births and has been noted to be quite rare in African-Americans, Asians, and Indians. It is more common in infants under 6 m...