Table 5.

Endoscopic Therapy for EoE

	All Respondents (n= 72)	Academic GI (n= 34)	Community GI (n=38)	p-value *
If you see an esophageal stricture when doing an endoscopy for a patient with suspected EoE, would you perform dilation at that initial endoscopy?
Yes – always.	10%	12%	8%	NS
Yes – but only if it is a critical stricture and the patient is having dysphagia.	58%	53%	63%	NS
No – I would wait to confirm the diagnosis and perform dilation after the patient is on treatment but still having symptoms.	32%	35%	29%	NS
No – never.	0%	0%	0%	NS
If you perform a dilation, what method would you typically use?
Wire-guided dilator (ie Savary)	28%	35%	21%	NS
Through-the-scope balloon	63%	53%	71%	NS
Maloney-dilator	6%	3%	8%	NS
Depends on the length of the stricture	4%	9%	0%	NS

EoE, eosinophilic esophagitis; GI, gastroenterologist; NS, not significant

^*Comparison between academic and community GI performed with Pearson’s chi-square test or Fisher’s Exact Test