peptic ulcer disease (PUD).A pyloroplasty is performed to treat the complications of PUD or when medical treatment has not been able to control PUD in high-risk patients.
Pyloroplasty
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Pyloroplasty is a surgical procedure used to widen and relax the pyloric valve at the outlet of the stomach. It is commonly performed to treat gastric outlet obstruction, often caused by conditions like peptic ulcers, pyloric stenosis, or certain types of cancer. By enlarging the pyloric valve, pyloroplasty helps to improve the passage of food from the stomach to the small intestine, relieving symptoms like nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.
Vagotomy, antrectomy , pyloroplasty are surgeries for gastric and peptic ulcers, now very rare
. Blood and urine studies, along with various x rays may be ordered as the doctor deems necessary.
Complete healing is expected without complications. Recovery and a return to normal activities should take from four to six weeks.
Potential complications of this abdominal surgery include excessive bleeding, surgical wound infection, incisional hernia, recurrence of gastric ulcer, chronic diarrhea, and malnutrition
CPT code; Surgery / Digestive System / Excision; Total or near total esophagectomy without thoracotomy; with pharngyogastrostomy or cervical esophagogastrostomy, with or without pyloroplasty (transhiatal).
Successful treatment of Helicobacter pylori has improved morbidity and mortality rates.the prognosis for PUD,with proper treatment and avoidance of causative factors, is excellent.Morbidity and mortality are higher in patients with secondary ulcers.
Acute Pain aeb Surgical wound. Give Pain medications as scheduled. Provide a soothing, and quiet area. Have materials around so it distracts patients mind from pain.
The patient will not be permitted to eat or drink anything after midnight the night before the procedure.cleansing enemas may be ordered to empty the intestine. If nausea or vomiting are present, a suction tube may be used to empty the stomach.
Pylororrhaphy is the medical term meaning suture of the pyloric valve. A related term, pyloroplasty, means surgical repair of the pyloric valve.