What is the clinical significance of esophagogastric junction outflow obstruction? evaluation of 60 patients at a tertiary referral center.

F C OkekeS RajaK L LynchS DhallaM NandwaniE M SteinB Chander RolandM A KhashabP SaxenaV KumbhariN K AhujaJohn O Clarke

Published in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2017)

The manometric criterion EGJOO defines a heterogeneous clinical group. While BE, EGD, and EUS all provide complementary information, a significant percentage of these studies will be normal. For patients with dysphagia, outcome may depend on EGJ disruption. There were no differences in symptoms our outcomes based on quantitative EGJ relaxation.

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