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Introduction

The stomach is one of the most resilient organs in the gastrointestinal tract. While gastric pathology is much less common in children than adults, the stomach can be a site of acute obstruction or perforation requiring emergent surgery at any point in childhood. This section will discuss the variety of surgical conditions that a pediatric surgeon may encounter during routine practice.

see also Peptic Ulcer Disease, Gastroparesis, Spontaneous Gastric Perforationand Gastric Tumors

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Last updated: April 26, 2017

Citation

TY - ELEC T1 - Gastric Disorders ID - 829525 A1 - Brahmamdam,Pavan, AU - Wills,Hale,M.D., M.S., FACS, FAAP AU - Bruns,Nicholas,M.D. AU - DeRoss,Anthony, Y1 - 2017/04/26/ PB - Pediatric Surgery NaT UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/view/Pediatric-Surgery-NaT/829525/all/Gastric_Disorders ER -