Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 40, Issue 12 , Pages 1848-1851 , December 2005

Medical treatment of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis: should we always slice the “olive”?

  • Hisayoshi Kawahara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Izumi, Osaka 594-1101, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 725 56 1220; fax: +81 725 56 5682.
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  • Yuichi Takama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Izumi, Osaka 594-1101, Japan
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  • Hideki Yoshida

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Izumi, Osaka 594-1101, Japan
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  • Hiroshi Nakai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Izumi, Osaka 594-1101, Japan
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  • Hiroomi Okuyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Izumi, Osaka 594-1101, Japan
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  • Akio Kubota

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Izumi, Osaka 594-1101, Japan
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  • Norikazu Yoshimura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Izumi, Osaka 594-1101, Japan
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  • Shinobu Ida

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Izumi, Osaka 594-1101, Japan
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  • Akira Okada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Izumi, Osaka 594-1101, Japan

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 Presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons, May 22-26, 2005, Vancouver, Canada.

PII: S0022-3468(05)00682-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.08.025

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 40, Issue 12 , Pages 1848-1851 , December 2005

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