Hanhua Zhang, Zuqiang Liu, Liyun Ma, Quanlin Li, Ying Huang, Kuiran Dong, Hong Ye, Jiangbin Liu, Haifeng Liu, Xiaoxia Ren, Hongbin Yang, Chongzhi Hou, Kuku Ge, Hua Wang, Pinghong Zhou, Ying Fang
INTRODUCTION: Congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (CHPS), the most common infantile disease requiring surgical intervention, is routinely treated with open or laparoscopic pyloromyotomy. Recently, gastric peroral endoscopic pyloromyotomy (G-POEM) has been used for adult gastroparesis. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of G-POEM in treating infantile CHPS. METHODS: We reviewed data from 21 G-POEM-treated patients at 3 tertiary children's endoscopic centers in China between January 2019 and December 2020...
March 1, 2023: American Journal of Gastroenterology