A review of 122 patients treated for pancreatic adenocarcinoma from January 1978 through December 1984 was accomplished to determine patient survival and the effect of surgical palliation. One hundred patients underwent laparotomy, including biopsy only (n = 42), biliary bypass (n = 30), gastric bypass (n = 1), biliary and gastric bypass (n = 14), and curative resection (n = 13). Total patient ...

Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS) is the most important cause of non-bilious vomiting during infancy and it usually idiopathic. It very rare in older children adolescents, which gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) more typically secondary to other conditions. Gastrointestinal malformation are frequently associated with Down syndrome some them (especially duodenal abnormalities) can be detected q...