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Caustic ingestion and esophageal function.

S Cadranel·C Di Lorenzo·P Rodesch·A Piepsz·H R Ham
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The aim of the present study was to investigate esophageal motor function by means of krypton-81m esophageal transit scintigraphy and to compare the results with the functional and morphological data obtained by means of triple lumen manometry and endoscopy. In acute and subacute stages of the disease, all clinical, anatomical, and functional parameters were in good agreement, revealing significant impairment. In chronic stages, the severity of the dysphagia was not correlated to the importance of the residual stenosis. Conversely, 81mKr esophageal transit and manometric's findings were in good agreement with the clinical symptoms, during the entire follow-up period ranging between 3 months to 7 years. The 81mKr test is undoubtedly the easiest and probably the most physiological technique currently available for long-term functional evaluation of caustic esophagitis.

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S Cadranel, C Di Lorenzo, P Rodesch, A Piepsz, H R Ham. 1990. Caustic ingestion and esophageal function.. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005176-199002000-00003

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