Open AccessAssessment of the esophagogastric junction (EGJ) using the EGJ contractile integral (EGJ-CI) following per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) in achalasia
Author(s) -
Dan Wang,
Hong Xu,
Tongyu Tang,
Jing Wang,
Yanbing Yu,
C. Prakash Gyawali
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2018.5560/2018
Subject(s) - esophagogastric junction , medicine , achalasia , high resolution manometry , myotomy , gastroenterology , esophageal sphincter , basal (medicine) , esophagus , reflux , adenocarcinoma , disease , cancer , insulin
the esophagogastric junction contractile integral (EGJ-CI) is a novel high-resolution manometry (HRM) tool designed to assess EGJ barrier function. This study assessed whether changes in EGJ-CI values reflect a disruption of the EGJ in achalasia patients undergoing per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM).