Pyloric Stenosis is the second most common surgical disease in the neonatal period. It is the extreme narrowing of the physiological transition zone (pylorus) between the stomach and the duodenum due to the thickening of the muscle layer. It occurs in one out of every 1000 live births. Boy babies are also 4 times more common than girls.
Pyloric stenosis occurs with symptoms of vomit and water loss starting in the 2-8th week. The ingested content cannot leave the stomach and is removed by vomiting. Vomiting in Pyloric Stenosis is very different from the vomiting of healthy infants with post-feeding gas. It takes place in a way that squirts from the mouth and nose. Babies with Pyloric Stenosis are eager to be fed continuously because they vomit the given food. With the onset of vomiting, symptoms of fluid-salt loss occur in the baby in a short time.
The diagnosis of pyloric stenosis is made by detecting the gastric outlet with a thickened wall by ultrasound measurements. The only option in treatment is surgery. Thanks to the developing medical technology today, this surgery can be performed in small babies with the laparoscopic (closed) method.
