Pyloric Stenosis ranks second in terms of frequency among surgical diseases seen in the neonatal period. It is the extreme narrowness of the physiological transition region (pylorus) between the stomach and the duodenum due to thickening of the muscle layer. It is seen in one in every 1000 live births
. It is 4 times more common in male babies than in female babies.
Pyloric Stnenosis occurs with the symptoms of vomiting and dehydration from the mouth and nose, starting in the 2nd-8th week.
The content taken with nutrition cannot leave the stomach and is removed by vomiting.
Vomiting in Pyloric Stenosis is very different from the vomiting of healthy babies with gas release after feeding.
. It occurs in a way that it gushes out from the mouth and nose. Babies with Pyloric Stenosis are constantly willing to feed because they vomit up the food given. With the onset of vomiting, symptoms of fluid-salt loss also appear in the baby in a short time.
The diagnosis of pyloric stenosis is determined by ultrasound measurements of the gastric outlet with thickened walls
It is placed as a result of . The only treatment option is surgery. Thanks to today's developing medical
technology, this surgery can also be performed on small babies by the laparoscopic (closed) method
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