We have biopsied all the kids that we've done poems a year out, and with our current population, it's the rate of reflux is about 5%. If you compare it to adults at around 50%.
Manometry in achalasia patients often continues to show abnormal findings even after successful treatment, making it less useful for post-operative surveillance
Update Course 2023 - Updates in Pediatric Achalasia Management
▶Ep 3 · 4:02
clinicalThe Eckardt score consists of four components: weight loss, dysphagia, chest pain, and regurgitation, used both for diagnosis and clinical follow-up↗
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epidemiologicalPediatric patients biopsied one year after POEM showed a reflux rate of approximately 5%, compared to 50% in adult POEM patients↗
▶Ep 3 · 8:59
quoteWe have biopsied all the kids that we've done poems a year out, and with our current population, it's the rate of reflux is about 5%. If you compare it to adults at around 50%.↗
▶Ep 3 · 13:19
clinicalManometry in achalasia patients often continues to show abnormal findings even after successful treatment, making it less useful for post-operative surveillance↗
