Program and Abstracts from the Canadian Digestive Diseases Week 2016

Table 39

Patients with Jackhammer esophagus treated with POEM.

Patient	Myotomy (cm)	LES included	Median IRP (mmHg)		Mean DCI (mmHg·cm·s)		Eckardt score		IEM
			Before	After	Before	After	Before	After
#1	20	−	19.5	23.5	12516.5	84.2	2	6	+
#2	21	+	16.4	10.5	18332.4	137.7	5	0	+
#3	12	+	33.8	16.2	46700	2019.6	5	0	−
#4	23	+	7.3	12.4	15388.7	234	11	2	+

IEM-ineffective esophageal motility after POEM = ≥50% ineffective swallows (failed or weak contraction vigor (DCI < 450 mmHg·cm·s)).