The evaluation of esophageal motility in patients with esophageal columnar metaplasia (ECM)

Patients with specialized intestinal metaplasia (SIM) of the esophagus were shown to have more acidic and biliary reflux than patients with oxynthic or cardia type metaplasia (OM), which was further increased in patients with dysplasia. Although this led to the hypothesis that the esophageal motility disorder may be severe in this patient group, detailed prospective evaluation of this question has not been carried out. Aim: To evaluate the esophageal motility by manometry, in patients with different histological types of ECM with or without dysplasia. Patients, methods: Esophageal motility was prospectively eval…