Heymans H S, Bartelsman J W, Herweijer T J
Department of Pediatrics, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
J Pediatr Surg. 1988 Feb;23(2):139-40. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3468(88)80142-8.
The application of balloon dilatation as treatment of gastric outlet obstruction is described. In two infants after inadequate pyloromyotomy and in an 11-year-old boy with surgical damage to the vagus, balloon dilatation was successful and considered a good alternative to surgery in these conditions.
