Relationship Between Lower Esophageal Sphincter Muscles Thickness and Their Response to Pneumatic Dilation in Patients With Achalasia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prognostic factors play a major role in managing achalasia patients treated with pneumatic dilatation (PD) and understanding the pathophysiology of the disease. In this regard, the muscular thickness of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) has drawn attention in recently published studies.

Methods

Patients with newly diagnosed achalasia were included consecutively in this study, and Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) was used to determine the thickness of longitudinal and circular muscles of LES. To determine the recurrence of symptoms, patients were followed up for one year using the Eckardt questionnaire. The relationship between pre-treatment LES muscle thickness and symptom recurrence was investigated.

Results

Seventeen of nineteen treated patients were enroll

SUBMITTER: Avanaki FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11466341 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature