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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Apr 21;97(6):1950–1658. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.02.046

Table 3.

30-day complications

No intervention Pyloroplasty /
pyloromyotomy
Dilation Dilation +
botulinum toxin
Total P-value
N 44 197 8 44 293
Aspiration 5 (11.4%) 4 (2.0%) 0 2 (4.5%) 11 (3.8%) 0.029
Pneumonia 3 (6.8%) 26 (13.2%) 0 6 (13.6%) 35 (11.9%) 0.458
Anastomotic leak
requiring medical
treatment only
2 (4.5%) 1 (0.5%) 0 2 (4.5%) 5 (1.7%) 0.109
Anastomotic leak
requiring operative
intervention
1 (2.3%) 8 (4.1%) 1 (12.5%) 3 (6.8%) 13 (4.4%) 0.500
Postoperative
pyloric dilation
before discharge
7 (15.9%) 5 (2.5%) 0 3 (6.8%) 15 (5.1%) 0.003