Brief Article
Copyright ©2012 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Aug 28, 2012; 18(32): 4335-4341
Published online Aug 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i32.4335
Figure 1
Figure 1 Trends in relative prevalence of dysphagia etiologies from 1999-2009. GERD: Gastroesophageal reflux disease. 1Including cricopharyngeal bar, globus, functional dysphagia, diverticulum, scleroderma, and epidermolysis bullosa with proximal stricture.
Figure 2
Figure 2 Selected post-hoc Tukey analysis. 1Expressed as percentage of total upper endoscopies for dysphagia in the given year. GERD: Gastroesophageal reflux disease; EGD: Upper endoscopy.
Figure 3
Figure 3 Trends in upper endoscopy volume, esophageal biopsies, and dysphagia diagnoses. GERD: Gastroesophageal reflux disease; EGDs: Upper endoscopies.