Efficacy of empiric esophageal dilation in patients with non-obstructive dysphagia: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Faisal KamalMuhammad Ali KhanWade Lee-SmithSachit SharmaDawit JowharUmer FarooqAshu AcharyaAbdul KouandaZaid ImamNazneen AhmedCollin HenryNasir SaleemCraig MunroeColin W Howden

Published in: Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology (2021)

Our meta-analysis does not support the use of empiric esophageal dilation in patients with non-obstructive dysphagia. More studies are required to confirm these findings.

Keyphrases

systematic review
case control
urinary tract infection
meta analyses
randomized controlled trial