Congenital pyloric stenosis in two kittens corrected by pyloroplasty

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Abstract Extract Although congenital pyloric stenosis is common; in human infants (Donovan, 1946 Donovan, E. J. 1946. Congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. Annls Surg., 124: 708–713. [Google Scholar]; Rheinlander and Swenson, 1952 Rheinlander, H. F. and Swenson, O. 1952. The diagnosis and management of congenital pyloric stenosis. J. Ped., 41: 314–319. [Google Scholar]) and in puppies (Secord, 1957 Secord, A. C. 1957. Canine Surgery, 4th ed., 452–452. California: American Veterinary Publications. [Google Scholar]), it is recorded as being rare in kittens (Reed, 1964 Reed, J. H. 1964. Feline Medicine and Surgery, 185–185. Illinois: American Veterinary Publications. [Google Scholar]; Wilkinson, 1966 Wilkinson, G. T. 1966. Diseases of the Cat, 62–62. Oxford: Pergamon Press. [Google Scholar]). The writer (Twaddle, 1970 Twaddle, A. A. 1970. Pyloric stenosis in three cats and its correction by pyloroplasty. N.Z. vet. J., 18: 15–17. [Taylor & Francis Online] , [Google Scholar]) has described the diagnosis and surgical correction of pyloric stenosis in three adult cats, and this paper presents two cases of congenital pyloric stenosis in kittens.