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. 2018 Aug 10;6(8):E1031–E1036. doi: 10.1055/a-0625-6288

Table 2. Clinical outcomes stratified according to type of esophageal motility disorder.

Outcome EGJOO DES/JH P -value
(n = 15) (m = 35)
Improvements in chest pain (%, 95 %CI)  88.9 (51.7 – 99.7)  87 (66.4 – 97.2) 0.88
Clinical success (%, 95 %CI)  93.3 (68.1 – 99.8)  84.9 (68.1 – 94.9) 0.41
Mean post POEM Eckardt score, mean (95 % CI)   1.0 (0.55 – 1.68)   1.9 (1.41 – 2.42) 0.24
Post-POEM symptomatic reflux (%, 95 %CI)  35.7 (12.8 – 64.9)  16.1 (5.5 – 33.7) 0.14
Median length of hospitalization (days, IQR)   3 (1 – 4)   2 (1.5 – 5.5) 0.85
Median length of follow-up (days, IQR) 195 (139 – 617) 272 (36 – 500) 0.96
HRM performed post-POEM (%, 95 %CI)  93.3 (68.1 – 99.8)  60 (42.1 – 76.1) 0.02
Resolution of EGJOO/DES/JE on post-procedure HRM (%, 95 %CI)  71.4 (41.9 – 91.6)  90.5 (69.6 – 98.8) 0.14
Adverse events (%, 95 %CI)  13.3 (1.6 – 40.4)  20 (8.4 – 36.9) 0.71

SD, standard deviation; IQR, interquartile range; POEM, per oral endoscopic myotomy; EGJOO, esophagogastric junction outflow obstruction; DES, diffuse esophageal spasm; JE: jackhammer esophagus; HRM, high-resolution manometry