Table 3.

Functional Luminal Imaging Probe Panometry, Achalasia Subtypes, and Eckardt Scores Before and After Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy

Variables	No. of cases	Pre-POEM Eckardt score	Post-POEM Eckardt score	P-value
Achalasia subtypes				0.605
Type I achalasia	14	6.43 ± 1.95	1.57 ± 1.28
Type II achalasia	39	6.77 ± 2.34	1.21 ± 1.17
Type III achalasia	15	5.80 ± 1.97	0.67 ± 0.82
FLIP topography classification				0.854
REO with retrograde contractile response	43	6.32 ± 2.37	0.90 ± 1.01
REO with absent contractile response	5	6.80 ± 2.86	1.60 ± 1.14
REO with normal contractile response	11	6.82 ± 2.13	1.36 ± 1.57
Retrograde contractile response	9	6.67 ± 1.00	1.89 ± 0.92

POEM, peroral endoscopic myotomy; FLIP, functional luminal imaging probe; REO, reduced esophagogastric junction opening.

Data are presented as mean ± SD.