Table 1.
Demographic characteristics, Eckardt scores and HRM metrics of the 30 patients with achalasia at the base line.
Table 2.
Correlation between HRM metrics and Eckardt scores at the baseline (P values).
Fig 1.
Correlation between HRM metrics and Eckardt scores at the baseline.
(A) Correlation between IRP and the total Eckardt score in all 30 patients, (B) correlation between IRP and the Eckardt score for regurgitation in all 30 patients, (C) correlation between IRP and the Eckardt score for weight loss in all 30 patients, (D) correlation between IRP and the Eckardt score for weight loss in type I achalasia patients.
Fig 2.
Changes in the Eckardt score of patients with achalasia after POEM and its correlation with IRP.
Changes in the Eckardt score of patients with type I (A, n = 10) and type II (B, n = 14) achalasia after POEM: correlation between IRP before POEM and changes in the total Eckardt score (C), correlation between IRP before POEM and changes in the Eckardt score for weight loss after POEM (D, n = 24), and (E) correlation between IRP changes and changes in the Eckardt score for weight loss after POEM (n = 12).
Table 3.
Changes in the HRM metrics in the 12 patients with achalasia after POEM.
Table 4.
Correlation between demographic characteristics / HRM metrics and Eckardt score changes after POEM (P value, n = 24).
Table 5.
Correlation between changes in the HRM metrics and changes in the Eckardt score after POEM (n = 12).