[Staged endoscopic balloon dilatation for cicatricial pyloric stenosis in children]. / Opyt poétapnoi éndoskopicheskoi ballonnoi dilatatsii pri rubtsovykh stenozakh privratnika u detei.

Secondary pyloric stenosis quickly leads to homeostatic and nutritional disorders that determines the importance of early diagnosis and surgical treatment. In two clinical cases, we have shown that staged endoscopic balloon dilatation of the pylorus is devoid of the most of the known problems and shortcomings of conventional surgery and makes it possible to restore effectively gastrointestinal passage and to improve child's quality of life. This procedure has a high diagnostic and curative value and is followed by positive dynamics of condition of the child with pyloric stenosis.