ArticleJournal of neurogastroenterology and motility2025
Assessing Treatment Outcomes in Achalasia Using 4-Dimensional High-resolution Impedance Manometry.
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- Biomechanical Assessment During High-Resolution Impedance Manometry Enhances Characterization of Inconclusive Esophagogastric Junction Outflow Obstruction.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2026Article
- Functional Lumen Imaging Probe (EndoFLIP) in Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders: Current Evidence, Clinical Applications, and Future Perspectives.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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Background/Aims: Assessment of treatment response of achalasia often involves multiple procedures. We aim to investigate innovative metrics based on 4-dimensional high-resolution impedance manometry (4D HRM) to assess treatment response in achalasia patients. Methods: Patients with achalasia treated by pneumatic dilation or myotomy who underwent follow-up evaluations were included. All patients completed high-resolution impedance manometry before and after treatment. 4D HRM analysis based on developed python program measured clearance ratio, intrabolus pressure (IBP), maximum esophagogastric junction diameter, and distensibility index. Good treatment outcomes were defined as barium column height of < 5 cm at 5 minutes on timed barium esophagram (TBE) and Eckardt score ≤ 3. Results: Fifty-three patients with achalasia were included: 40% type I, 51% type II, and 9% type III. Change of clearance ratio and IBP on 4D HRM had superior performance in predicting abnormal TBE at 5 minutes (area under the receiver operating characteristic [AUROC] curve, 95% confidence interval: 0.76, 0.59-0.93; 0.74, 0.57-0.92). The combination of clearance ratio (increase with a threshold of 0.1) and IBP (reduction with a threshold of 8.9 mmHg) had a high positive predictive value for normal TBE outcome (93%), and a modest negative predictive value for abnormal TBE outcome (73%). Receiver operating characteristics of metrics related to poor symptomatic outcome only yielded AUROCs (95% CI) of 0.82 (0.68-0.96) for esophageal hypervigilance and anxiety scale posttreatment. Conclusions: IBP and clearance ratio help to identify abnormal barium retention in patients after treatment. 4D manometry can be an alternative or complementary approach to characterize and assess treatment response of Achalasia, in additional to TBE or functional lumen imaging probe.
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