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Pyloric stenosis is a very common malady of newborns, and is characterized by non-bilious vomiting after meals, which becomes projectile as the stenosis worsens. Before the option of surgical repair, infants with this illness would often die of dehydration and starvation.
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Coppola, C.P. (2014). Pyloric Stenosis. In: Coppola, C., Kennedy, Jr., A., Scorpio, R. (eds) Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04340-1_22
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