16 Esophagogastric Junction Morphology May Be Useful to Predict a Positive Impedance-pH Monitoring in Patients With GERD

Esophagogastric junction morphology is associated with a positive impedance‐pH monitoring in patients with GERD

“…Moreover, patients with Type II EGJ tended to have a higher median number of reflux episodes, mean AET and a more frequently positive symptom association compared with patients with Type I EGJ (p < 0.02, p < 0.05 and p < 0.02, respectively). Rereflux episodes were more frequent in patients with Type III EGJ compared to patients with Type II and Type I EGJ (27 vs 14 [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23], p < 0.01, vs 6 [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] p < 0.001), and this was true also for patients with Type II EGJ compared to patients with type I EGJ (p < 0.01). Overall, Type III and Type II had a more frequent probability to show a positive MII-pH than Type I EGJ (95%, p < 0.001, r = 0.233, CI: 0.079-0.511, vs 84% p < 0.003, r = 0.242, CI: 0.068-0.387; vs 50%, respectively; Fig.…”