Laparoscopic surgery has been gaining popularity among pediatric surgeons over the past decade, but its safety and efficacy have not been fully determined. Furthermore, it has only become possible to ...

Bottle-feeding is associated with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS), according to a population-based case-control study. The effect is most pronounced in the children of older and multiparous women.

Bottle feeding appears to increase the risk infants will develop hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS), a form of stomach obstruction, and that risk seems to be magnified when mothers are older and have ...

Low serum lipids are a risk factor for infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS), according to a genetics study published in the August 20 issue of JAMA. Heritability exceeds 80% for IHPS, but ...