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pyloroplasty

Indications: - pyloric stenosis Procedure: - surgical widening of the pyloric canal & any adjacent duodenal stricture by a longitudinal incision with transverse closure

General

gastrointestinal surgery (GI surgery) abdominal surgery

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. Medline Plus: Pyloroplasty http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002922.htm