In children with gastroesophageal reflux (GER) disease refractory to pharmacological therapies, anti-reflux surgery (fundoplication) may be a treatment of last resort. The applicability of fundoplication has been hampered by the inability to predict which patient may benefit from surgery and which patient is likely to develop post-operative dysphagia. pH impedance measurement and conventional m...

Abstract Purpose of Review The aim this paper is to present basic data on pleural manometry and outline the advances in its use as both a research tool enabling better understanding pathophysiology clinical useful management strategy planning patients with diseases. To discuss updates current trends development manometry, search literature published recent years was performed. Recent Findings t...

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Aim: Although nonspecific esophageal motility disorder(NEMD) is the most common diagnosis in manometry, unlike other primary disorders, it least known and studied disorder literature. Studies with a small number of patient groups have been reported The aim this study to share demographic clinical characteristics single center high-volume NEMD patients we followed up. 
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Th e Rome III revision of the Milwaukee Biliary Group classifi cation has long been utilized to diagnose, classify and drive intervention in patients with suspected sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (SOD). SOD Type III is defi ned as recurrent biliary-type pain in the absence of elevated liver enzymes and/or imaging abnormalities (common bile duct <8 mm) [1]. While patients with SOD Type II are mor...

Functional disorders of the anus and rectum affect 10–20% of the population. Tests of anorectal function can provide useful information regarding the pathophysiology of disorders that affect continence and defecation or those that cause anorectal pain. Currently, several tests are available for evaluating anorectal function (Table 1). Often, they complement each other, but among the various tes...