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