Characteristics of patients with esophageal motility disorders on high-resolution manometry and esophagography-a large database analysis in Japan.
Chiaki SatoHiroki SatoTakashi KameiYuto ShimamuraShinwa TanakaHironari ShiwakuJunya ShiotaRyo OgawaHiroshi YokomichiHaruhiro InouePublished in: Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society (2021)
This first large-scale database analysis indicates that more Japanese patients with achalasia are type I and have a normal range of LES pressure on starlet HRM. Failure of HRM is not rare; therefore, esophagography continuously has a complementary role in achalasia diagnosis.