Question about Pylorus

Trainbuff26 · April 19, 2011

When I was very young (not even a year old), I had a condition called "Pyloric Stenosis" that required a pyloromyotomy procedure which divides the muscle of the pylorus. Does anyone here know in-depth about this condition? If so, will anything about me having it affect me after the surgery? I'm 19 years old and I still have the scar from this surgery; looking at it makes me wonder if having a sleeve gastrectomy would do anything different to me since I had this procedure so long ago

BajaMedGroup · April 19, 2011

Hi trainbuff...it basically comes down to this: pyloric stenosis is a narrowing of the pyloric valve, which is what 'connects' your stomech to your duodenum (small intestine). Most of the time this pathology is diagnosed at birth and is corrected right away. In order to be 100% sure we recommend en endoscopy so that your upper GI tract is visualized fully. Another procedure that can help identify if you are a candidate is a barium swallow. In this procedure, you 'swallow' barium and an X-ray is taken in order to see MOSTLY pathologies in your esophagus and stomach. Since you had your surgery so long ago, you GI doc might order one.

Chances are, that if you are asymptomatic you might be a good candidate. But in order to determine this, you do have to go through all the screening process so that everything goes as planned.

If you have specific medical questions you can send me a private message and I will be glad to answer it.

Best,

Dr. JSA