Optimal evaluation of patients with nonobstructive esophageal dysphagia. Manometry, scintigraphy, or videoesophagography?

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1355-1368

  Parkman, Henry P ^a,b   Maurer, Alan H ^a   Caroline, Dina F ^a   Miller, Donald L ^a   Krevsky, Benjamin ^a   Fisher, Robert S ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

achalasia; diffuse esophageal spasm; dysphagia; scleroderma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS SCINTISCANNING; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA;

ADULT; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL SPASM, DIFFUSE; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030055882     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02088560     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Lingren S, Janzon L: Prevalence of swallowing complaints and clinical findings among 50-79 year old men and women in an urban population. Dysphagia 6:187-192, 1991
2. Kjellen G, Tibbling L: Manometric oesophageal function, acid perfusion test and symptomatology in a 55-year-old general population. Clin Physiol 1:405-415, 1981
3. Castell DO, Castell JA: Esophageal Motility Testing. Norwalk, Appleton & Lange, 1994
4. Russell COH, Hill LD, Holmes ER, Hull DA, Gannon R, Pope CE: Radionuclide transit: A sensitive screening test for esophageal dysfunction. Gastroenterology 80:887-892, 1981
5. Hewson EG, Ott DJ, Dalton CB, Chen YM, Wu WC, Richter JE: Manometry and radiology - complementary studies in the assessment of esophageal motility disorders. Gastroenterology 98:626-632, 1990
6. Blackwell JN, Hannan WJ, Adam RD, Heading RC: Radionuclide transit studies in the detection of oesophageal dysmotility. Gut 24:421-426, 1983
7. Tolin RD, Malmud LS, Reilley J, Fisher RS: Esophageal scintigraphy to quantitate esophageal transit (quantitation of esophageal transit). Gastroenterology 76:1402-1408, 1979
8. Ott DJ, Richter JE, Chen YM, Wu WC, Gelfand DW, Castell DO: Esophageal radiography and manometry: Correlation in 172 patients with dysphagia. Am J Roentgenol 149:307-311, 1987
9. Dodds WJ: Current concepts of esophageal motor function: Clinical implications for radiology. Am J Roentgenol 128:549-561, 1977
10. Richter JE, Blackwell JN, Wu WC, Johns DN, Cowan RJ, Castell DO: Relationship of radionuclide liquid bolus transport and esophageal manometry. J Lab Clin Med 109:217-224, 1987
11. Mughal MM, Marples M, Bancewicz J: Scintigraphic assessment of oesophageal motility: What does it show and how reliable is it? Gut 27:946-953, 1986
12. Chobanian SJ, Curtis DJ, Benjamin SB, Cattau EL: Radiology of the nutcracker esophagus. J Clin Gastroenterol 8:230-232, 1986
13. de Caestecker JS, Blackwell JN, Adam RD, Hannan WJ, Brown J, Heading RC: Clinical value of radionuclide oesophageal transit measurement. Gut 27:659-666, 1986
14. Holloway RH, Lange RC, Plankey MW, McCallum RW: Detection of esophageal motor disorders by radionuclide transit studies - a reappraisal. Dig Dis Sci 34:905-912, 1989
15. Cohen S: Esophageal motility disorders and their response to calcium channel antagonists - the sphinx revisited. Gastroenterology 93:201-203, 1987
16. Achem SR, Crittenden J, Kolts B, Burton L: Long-term clinical and manometric follow-up of patients with nonspecific esophageal motor disorders. Am J Gastroenterol 87:825-830, 1992
17. Kahrilas PJ, Clouse RE, Hogan WJ: American Gastroenterological Association technical review on the clinical use of esophageal manometry. Gastroenterology 107:1865-1884, 1994
18. Kahrilas PJ: Nutcracker esophagus: An idea whose time has gone? Am J Gastroenterol 88:167-169, 1993
19. Parkman HP, Reynolds JC, Ouyang A, Rosato EF, Eisenberg JM, Cohen S: Pneumatic dilatation and esophagomyotomy for idiopathic achalasia: Clinical outcomes and cost analysis. Dig Dis Sci 37:75-85, 1993
20. Klein WA, Parkman HP, Dempsey DT, Fisher RS: Sphincter-like thoracoabdominal high pressure zone in patients after esophagogastrectomy. Gastroenterology 105:1362-1369, 1993
21. Richter JE, Wu WC, Johns DN, Blackwell JN, Nelson JL, Castell JA, Castell DO: Esophageal manometry in 95 healthy adult volunteers - variability of pressures with age and frequency of "abnormal" contractions. Dig Dis Sci 32:583-592, 1987
22. Katz PO, Dalton CB, Richter JE, Wu WC, Castell DO: Esophageal testing of patients with noncardiac chest pain or dysphagia. Results of three years experience with 1161 patients. Ann Intern Med 106:593-597, 1987
23. Clouse RE, Staiano A: Manometric patterns using esophageal body and lower sphincter characteristics - findings in 1013 patients. Dig Dis Sci 37:289-296, 1992
24. Kjellen G, Svedberg JB, Tibbling L: Solid bolus transit by esophageal scintigraphy in patients with dysphagia and normal manometry and radiography. Dig Dis Sci 29:1-5, 1984
25. Taillefer R, Jadliwalla M, Pellerin E, Lafontaine E, Duranceau A: Radionuclide esophageal transit study in detection of esophageal motor dysfunction: Comparison with motility studies (manometry). J Nucl Med 31:1921-1926, 1990
26. Jones B, Donner MW: Examination of the patient with dysphagia. Radiology 167:319-326, 1988
27. Ott DJ: Radiographic techniques and efficacy in evaluating esophageal dysphagia. Dysphagia 5:192-203, 1990
28. Triadafilopoulos G, Castillo T: Nonpropulsive esophageal contractions and gastroesophageal reflux. Am J Gastroenterol 86:153-159, 1991
29. Ott DJ, Chen YM, Hewson EG, Richter JE, Dalton CB, Gelfand DW, Wu WC: Esophageal motility: Assessment with synchronous video tape fluoroscopy and manometry. Radiology 173:419-422, 1989
30. Laufer I: Motor disorders of the esophagus. In Radiology of the Esophagus. MS Levine (ed). Philadelphia, WB Saunders, 1989, pp 229-246
31. Schima W, Stacher G, Pokicser P, Uranitsch K, Nekahm B, Schober E, Moser G, Tscholakoff D: Esophageal motor disorders: Videofluoroscopic and manometric evaluation - prospective study in 88 symptomatic patients. Radiology 185:487-491, 1992
32. Chen YM, Ott DJ, Hewson EG, Richter JE, Wu WC, Gelfand DW, Castell DO: Diffuse esophageal spasm: Radiographic and manometric correlation. Radiology 170:807-810, 1989
33. Ott DJ, Richter JE, Wu WC, Chen YM, Gelfand DW, Castell DO: Radiologic and manometric correlation in "nutcracker esophagus." Am J Roentgenol 147:692-695, 1986
34. Freidin N, Traube M, Mittal RK, McCallum RW: The hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter. Dig Dis Sci 34:1063-1067, 1989
35. Federal Register: Volume 58, Number 230. Washington, DC, United States Government Printing Office, December 2, 1993
36. Medicare Part B Reference Manual. Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, Xact Medicare Services, November 1994
37. Daniel WW: Biostatistics: A Foundation for Analysis in the Health Sciences, 3rd ed. New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1983
38. Friedman G: Primer of Epidemiology, 2nd ed. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1980
39. Massey BT, Dodds WJ, Hogan WJ, Brasseur JG, Helm JF: Abnormal esophageal motility - an analysis of concurrent radiographic and manometric findings. Gastroenterology 101:344-354, 1991
40. Stacher G, Schima W, Bergmann H, Stacher-Janotta G, Pokieser P, Lobmeyr I, Uranitsch K, Hobart J, Eng B, Stelzeneder M: Sensitivity of radionuclide bolus transport and videofluoroscopic studies compared with manometry in the detection of achalasia. Am J Gastroenterol 89:1484-1488, 1994
41. Klein HA: Improving esophageal transit scintigraphy. J Nucl Med 32:1371-1374, 1991
42. Netscher D, Larson GM, Polk HC: Radionuclide esophageal transit - a screening test for esophageal disorders. Arch Surg 121:843-848, 1986
43. O'Connor MK, Byrine PJ, Keeling P, Hennessy TP: Esophageal scintigraphy: Applications and limitations in the study of esophageal disorders. Eur J Nucl Med 14:133-136, 1988
44. Dalton CB, Castell DO, Richter JE: The changing faces of the nutcracker esophagus. Am J Gastroenterol 83:623-628, 1988
45. Nagler R, Spiro HM: Serial esophageal motility studies in asymptomatic young subjects. Gastroenterology 41:371-379, 1961
46. Bartlett RJV, Parkin A, Ware FW, Riley A, Robinson PJA: Reproducibility of oesophageal transit studies: Several "single swallows" must be performed. Nucl Med Commun 8:317-326, 1987
47. Klein HA, Wald A: Normal variation in radionuclide esophageal transit studies. Eur J Nucl Med 13:115-120, 1987
48. Mandelstam P, Lieber A: Cineradiographic evaluation of the esophagus in normal adults - a study of 146 subjects ranging in age from 21 to 90 years. Gastroenterology 58:32-39, 1970
49. Hsu JJ, O'Connor MK, Kang YW, Kim CH: Nonspecific motor disorder of the esophagus: A real disorder or a manometric curiosity? Gastroenterology 104:1281-1284, 1993
50. Katz PO, Richter JE, Cowan R, Castell DO: Apparent complete lower esophageal sphincter relaxation in achalasia. Gastroenterology 90:978-983, 1986
51. Kahrilas PJ, Dodds WJ, Hogan WJ: Effect of peristaltic dysfunction on esophageal volume clearance. Gastroenterology 94:73-80, 1988
52. Halpert RD, Feczko PJ, Spickler EM, Ackerman LV: Radiological assessment of dysphagia with endoscopic correlation. Radiology 157:599-602, 1985
53. Baron, Richter JE: The use of esophageal function tests. Adv Intern Med 38:361-386, 1993
54. Meshkinpour H, Glick ME, Sanchez P, Tarvin J: Esophageal manometry - a benefit and cost analysis. Dig Dis Sci 27:772-775, 1982
55. Reynolds JC, Parkman HP: Achalasia. Gastroenterol Clin North Am 18:223-255, 1989