FredAdel: “Please allow me to answer - after 19 months and in English (although I read Deutsch).
Yes, what you ” Mehr “Please allow me to answer - after 19 months and in English (although I read Deutsch).
Yes, what you describe is pyloric stenosis (Pylorusstenose oder Pylorushypertrophie) and your scar (Narbe) is one of several that result from surgery for this. I have one like yours (1945) - 9 cm long. Pyloromyotomie is the name of the operation and has not changed much since it became the standard in 1912 - discovered by the German Conrad Ramstedt. But open surgery is used only in about half these operations now. Often Minimal Access Surgery is chosen, instruments in small tubes correct the Stomach problem. The vertical opening is very seldom used now - if the surgery is open it is usually via a cross-incision. There are many photos on the internet. And yes, there is some cutting and sewing of muscle layers under the skin - perhaps you can feel the scars? In the past, anesthesia was basic and dangerous for babies, so they were sometimes drugged with alcohol - no wonder people like us still like our drink.” Weniger
Yes, what you ” Mehr “Please allow me to answer - after 19 months and in English (although I read Deutsch).
Yes, what you describe is pyloric stenosis (Pylorusstenose oder Pylorushypertrophie) and your scar (Narbe) is one of several that result from surgery for this. I have one like yours (1945) - 9 cm long. Pyloromyotomie is the name of the operation and has not changed much since it became the standard in 1912 - discovered by the German Conrad Ramstedt. But open surgery is used only in about half these operations now. Often Minimal Access Surgery is chosen, instruments in small tubes correct the Stomach problem. The vertical opening is very seldom used now - if the surgery is open it is usually via a cross-incision. There are many photos on the internet. And yes, there is some cutting and sewing of muscle layers under the skin - perhaps you can feel the scars? In the past, anesthesia was basic and dangerous for babies, so they were sometimes drugged with alcohol - no wonder people like us still like our drink.” Weniger