
Patients’ Characteristics
Demographic data and characteristics | Patients after POEM (n = 237) |
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Age (yr) | 48 (16-82) |
Gender (male/female) | 144/93 |
HRM diagnosis prior to POEM | |
Achalasia type I | 42 (17.7) |
Achalasia type II | 173 (73.0) |
Achalasia type III | 22 (9.3) |
Previous treatment | 50 (21.1) |
PD only | 27 |
Btx injection only | 2 |
LHM only | 9 |
PD + Btx | 2 |
LHM + Btx | 0 |
PD + LHM | 9 |
LHM + PD + Btx | 1 |
Pre-POEM Eckardt score | 7 (3-12) |
POEM, peroral endoscopic myotomy; HRM, high-resolution manometry; PD, pneumatic dilation; Btx, botulinum toxin; LHM, laparoscopic Heller's myotomy.
Of total 305 patients after POEM, 8 patients of other diagnosis and 60 patients of incomplete data were excluded.
Data are presented as n, median (range), or n (%).