Journal
NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY AND MOTILITY
Volume 28, Issue 2, Pages 292-298Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/nmo.12728
Keywords
gastroesophageal reflux disease; high resolution manometry; ineffective esophageal motility; multiple rapid swallows
Funding
- NIDDK NIH HHS [T32 DK007130] Funding Source: Medline
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BackgroundIneffective esophageal motility (IEM) is associated with reflux disease, but its natural history is unclear. We evaluated patients undergoing repeat esophageal high resolution manometry (HRM) for symptomatic presentations after antireflux surgery (ARS) to understand the progression of IEM. MethodsPatients with repeat HRM after ARS were included. Ineffective esophageal motility was diagnosed if 5 sequences had distal contractile integral (DCI) <450 mmHg cm s. Augmentation of DCI following multiple rapid swallows (MRS) was assessed. The esophagogastric junction (EGJ) was interrogated using the EGJ contractile integral (EGJ-CI). Esophageal motor function was compared between patients with and without IEM. Key ResultsSixty-eight patients (53.9 1.8 years, 66.2% female) had pre- and post-ARS HRM studies 2.1 +/- 0.19 years apart. Esophagogastric junction-CI augmented by a mean of 26.3% following ARS. Four IEM phenotypes were identified: 14.7% had persistent IEM, 8.8% resolved IEM after ARS, 19.1% developed new IEM, and 57.4% had no IEM at any point. Patients with IEM had a lower DCI pre- and post-ARS, lower pre-ARS EGJ CI, and lower pre-ARS-integrated relaxation pressure (p 0.02 for all comparisons); presenting symptoms and other EGJ metrics were similar (p 0.08 for all comparisons). The IEM phenotypes could be predicted by MRS DCI response patterns (p = 0.008 across groups); patients with persistent IEM had the least DCI augmentation (p = 0.007 compared to no IEM), while those who resolved IEM had DCI augmentation comparable to no IEM (p = 0.08). Conclusions & InferencesDistinct phenotypes of IEM exist among symptomatic reflux patients following ARS. Provocative testing with MRS may help identify these phenotypes pre-ARS.
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