The pyloric sphincter is a band of smooth muscle that plays an important role in moving the contents of your stomach into your small intestine. It also prevents partially digested food and stomach ...

High-dose PPIs, balloon dilation of the stricture, and repeat biopsies. ... have reported a good short-term response to balloon dilation of pyloric stenosis or peptic duodenal stenosis.

Pyloric stenosis is rare — in the U.S., it’s seen in only three out of 1000 newborns. Also, it’s a curable condition that can be easily diagnosed and fixed with minimally invasive surgery. ...

June 16, 2010 — Pyloric stenosis in Danish children may be genetic, according to the results of a population-based cohort study reported in the June 16 issue of the Journal of the American ...

Pyloric diameter and distensibility were measured with EndoFLIP. Prior to and 6 weeks after the Botox injection, the Gastroparesis Cardinal Symptom Index (GCSI) measures of overall and individual ...

Patients with infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) have an increased incidence of renal anomalies. Association of IHPS and polycystic kidney disease (PKD) has been reported in three case ...