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The pylorus is a muscle that opens and closes to allow food to pass through the stomach into the intestine. Prior to the operation your child will be admitted to the hospital for intravenous fluids. Pyloric Stenosis What To Know In 2020 Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Pediatric Nursing Nursing School Tips Pyloric stenosis does not get better by itself and must be corrected with an operation. Pyloric stenosis surgery . Harald hirschprung a danish pediatrician in 1888 described the clinical course and pathology of two infants who died with congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. At the children s hospital of philadelphia the pyloromyotomy is done laparoscopically through small incisions and with tiny scopes. How is pyloric stenosis treated. Metabolic changes in pyloric stenosis significant vomiting induces a loss of chloride as well as hydrogen ions this leads to hypochloraemic metabolic alkalosis. Feedings will be held temporarily and restarted after the operation. Surgery i...