Surface umbilical pyloromyotomy- new operation

I am proud to say that I had described a new surgical operation- Surface Umbilical Pyloromyotomy – to deal with Pyloric stenosis. Over the last 20 years, all my Registrars have been taught this technique and many are now using it in their practice in other parts of Europe or in USA and Australia.

I have spent 2 decades honing and modifying this technique. The two pictures shown here show the patient on the second post-operative day and also a few years later.

The faint supra-umbilical scar is practically invisible!

(Surface Umbilical Pyloromyotomy . D. Misra, I Mushtaq, R Ossueta.  Eur J Ped Surg. 8:81,1998)

​Dr Devesh Misra
Consultant Paediatric Surgeon and Paediatric Urologist

Before Image - Surface Umbilicus Pyloromyotomy

After Image - Surface Umbilicus Pyloromyotomy