The Predictive Value of Intraoperative Esophageal Functional Luminal Imaging Probe Panometry in Patients With Achalasia Undergoing Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy: A Single-center Experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

We evaluated the clinical significance and prognostic power of functional luminal imaging probe (FLIP) panometry in patients with achalasia treated with peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM), and examined the clinical parameters associated with symptomatic improvement and the presence of contractility (POC) following POEM.

Methods

We reviewed the electronic medical records of patients with achalasia treated with FLIP panometry and POEM at a tertiary teaching hospital in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Follow-up examination was composed of esophageal manometry and questionnaires on symptoms. We analyzed the FLIP data by interpolating using the cubic spline method in MATLAB.

Results

We retrospectively analyzed 33 men and 35 women (mean age: 52 ± 17 years), of whom

SUBMITTER: Hsing LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9274461 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature