Clinical significance of esophagogastroduodenoscopy in patients with esophageal motility disorders.

Masaki MatsubaraNoriaki Manabe Maki AyakiJun NakamuraTakahisa MuraoMinoru FujitaMasahiko KuinoseTomoki YamatsujiYoshio NaomotoKen Haruma

Published in: Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (2020)

Esophagogastric junction outflow obstruction and major disorders of peristalsis can be screened with EGD. Among several endoscopic parameters, resistance when passing through EGJ, residue in the esophageal lumen, spastic and nonocclusive contraction are considered significantly useful indicators.

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