Long-term outcome of esophageal myotomy for achalasia

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 15, 2004; 10(2): 287-291
Published online Jan 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i2.287

Table 2 Esophageal clearance rates for pre- and post-myotomy patients and normal controls (mean ± SD%)

	n	Times after isotope labeled semi-liquid meal intaken
	n	5^th second	1^st minute	2^nd minute	5^th minute
Normal controls	12	91.7 ± 1.4	92.5 ± 1.9	92.8 ± 2.1	93.0 ± 2.5
Pre-myotomy pts	12	7.5 ± 2.1^a	40.4 ± 28.2^a	45.5 ± 30.1^a	50.5 ± 35.5^a
Post-myotomy pts	42	33.7 ± 8.8^b	80.2 ± 19.1^c	85.4 ± 12.2^c	94.4 ± 5.1

^aP < 0.01 vs normal controls and post-myotomy patients,

^bP < 0.01 vs normal controls,

^cP < 0.05 vs normal controls.

Citation: Liu JF, Zhang J, Tian ZQ, Wang QZ, Li BQ, Wang FS, Cao FM, Zhang YF, Li Y, Fan Z, Han JJ, Liu H. Long-term outcome of esophageal myotomy for achalasia. World J Gastroenterol 2004; 10(2): 287-291
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v10/i2/287.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v10.i2.287