Background
We evaluated the change on colon manometry (CM) parameters and interpretation comparing results when the study is performed the same day after the motility catheter is placed under anesthesia or the following day.
Methods
CM catheter was placed with colonoscopy under anesthesia and recorded on day 1 and repeated on day 2. Study parameters including motility index (MI) during fasting, post-prandial and post-Bisacodyl challenge phase; gastrocolonic response; number, presence and propagation of high amplitude propagating contractions (HAPCs); and, study interpretation were compared between both days.
Key Results
MI (fasting, post-Bisacodyl phase, p<0.05), HAPC number (10.1 vs. 6.6, p=0.01) and proportion of patients having HAPCs (92% vs. 70%, p=0.002) was significantly higher on day 2 vs. day 1. HAPC propagation improved on day 2 vs. day 1 (fully propagated, 49% vs. 37%; partially propagated, 43% vs. 33%; absent 8% vs. 30%). Study interpretation changed from day 1 to day 2. On day 1, 37% had a normal study and 63% had an abnormal study. On day 2, all patients with a normal study on day 1 remained normal, and patients with an abnormal study on day 1, 53% remained abnormal and 47% had a normal study.
Conclusions & Inferences
CM parameters are affected the day catheter is placed with colonoscopy under anesthesia. The number, presence and propagation of HAPCs was significantly higher/improved on day 2 compared to day 1. Overall, CM interpretation changed from abnormal to normal from day 1 to day 2 in 47% of the patients.