PYLORIC STENOSIS OF INFANCY-PERSPECTIVES Different views from different bridges - Abstract
Introduction: The differing experiences of the surgeon, he parent and the baby are discussed in terms of what is presently known about the pathogenesis of pyloric stenosis of infancy (PS).
Methods: The experiences are culled from personal experience and from the comments made on online pressure and support groups for pyloric stenosis of infancy. These comments are reviewed from the standpoint of the Primary Hyperacidity pathogenesis of cause.
Conclusion: The present perspectives of the PS surgeon and the difficulties experienced by the PS family fit well which the basic tenets of the Primary Hyperacidity theory. Reference to this theory allows a satisfactory explanation for difficulties in diagnosis and for the variability of presentation.