Review Article

Gastroparesis: Concepts, Controversies, and Challenges

Table 2

Distribution of different etiologies for gastroparesis in published case series.

Diabetic GPPostsurgical GPIdiopathic GPOtherSample ( )WomenYearReference

39%13%36%14682%1998[15]
32%17%51%2860%1999[16]
52%48%3375.8%2003*[73]
41%3%56%6384.1%2005[74]
50%50%10679.3%2007[75]
56%3%41%3281.2%2008[76]
45%10%43%2%17973.7%2009[50]
31%8%43%18%12776.4%2009[54]
43%8%39%6378%2009#[63]
20%53%27%5580%2009[10]
26%74%6885%2010[17]
33%67%29981.9%2010[7]
64%14%22%22174%2011*[55]
25%10%61%4%32680%2011[6]
22%12%62%5881.1%2011*[77]

denotes studies of gastric electrical stimulation.
#denotes a study of hospitalized patients.