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Ultrasonographic features of normalization of the pylorus after pyloromyotomy for hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2001 April
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to describe the time course, early postoperative changes, and morphologic features of normalization of the pylorus after pyloromyotomy for hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.
METHODS: The subjects were 17 infants (9 boys, 8 girls) who underwent umbilical incision Ramstedt pyloromyotomy. The pyloric muscle mass was measured immediately before the operation and then at intervals from 3 days to 6 months after the operation using a 7.5-MHz ultrasound probe.
RESULTS: In longitudinal section, the dorsal part of the pyloric muscle thickened transiently and then thinned to normal values by 5 months after the operation. It was 5.1 +/- 0.8 mm (mean +/- SD) preoperatively, increased to 6.0 +/- 0.3 mm by day 3 after the operation (P <.05), and thinned to 2.8 +/- 0.2 mm by 5 months after the operation. Concomitantly, the length of the pylorus gradually decreased (from 20.1 +/- 2.9 mm preoperatively to 16.9 +/- 2.7 mm by 3 days postoperatively [P <.05] and to less than 15 mm, by 4 months). In transverse section, the muscle normalized as in the longitudinal section. At the site of the incision it was 4.3 +/- 0.4 mm thick preoperatively, thickened to 4.6 +/- 0.4 mm by 3 days after the operation (P <.05), thinned to 2.1 +/- 0.9 mm by 7 days (P <.05), and then increased slightly, but always was less than 3.0 mm. Morphologically, in transverse section, the incised area looked like a wedge by 3 days after the operation.
CONCLUSIONS: After pyloromyotomy for hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, there is an early transient increase in muscle thickness within the first few postoperative days followed by a slow decrease that reaches normal thickness (<3 mm) by 5 months. This decrease in thickness is accompanied by a gradual decrease in length to 75% of the preoperative value by 5 months. The morphologic features in this normalization are first a wedge (day 3), then a flat tire (days 7 and 14), and finally an elongated ring (5 months). J Pediatr Surg 36:582-586.
METHODS: The subjects were 17 infants (9 boys, 8 girls) who underwent umbilical incision Ramstedt pyloromyotomy. The pyloric muscle mass was measured immediately before the operation and then at intervals from 3 days to 6 months after the operation using a 7.5-MHz ultrasound probe.
RESULTS: In longitudinal section, the dorsal part of the pyloric muscle thickened transiently and then thinned to normal values by 5 months after the operation. It was 5.1 +/- 0.8 mm (mean +/- SD) preoperatively, increased to 6.0 +/- 0.3 mm by day 3 after the operation (P <.05), and thinned to 2.8 +/- 0.2 mm by 5 months after the operation. Concomitantly, the length of the pylorus gradually decreased (from 20.1 +/- 2.9 mm preoperatively to 16.9 +/- 2.7 mm by 3 days postoperatively [P <.05] and to less than 15 mm, by 4 months). In transverse section, the muscle normalized as in the longitudinal section. At the site of the incision it was 4.3 +/- 0.4 mm thick preoperatively, thickened to 4.6 +/- 0.4 mm by 3 days after the operation (P <.05), thinned to 2.1 +/- 0.9 mm by 7 days (P <.05), and then increased slightly, but always was less than 3.0 mm. Morphologically, in transverse section, the incised area looked like a wedge by 3 days after the operation.
CONCLUSIONS: After pyloromyotomy for hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, there is an early transient increase in muscle thickness within the first few postoperative days followed by a slow decrease that reaches normal thickness (<3 mm) by 5 months. This decrease in thickness is accompanied by a gradual decrease in length to 75% of the preoperative value by 5 months. The morphologic features in this normalization are first a wedge (day 3), then a flat tire (days 7 and 14), and finally an elongated ring (5 months). J Pediatr Surg 36:582-586.
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