CHARLOTTE, N.C.—The type of anesthesia used during endoscopic functional lumen imaging probe evaluation of the gastroesophageal junction can influence esophageal pressure and potentially disguise characteristics of certain esophageal motility disorders, ultimately making it difficult to achieve an accurate diagnosis, according to the results of a new study.
EndoFLIP (Medtronic) measures the pressure, diameter, distensibility and topography at the GEJ. “The reason we care about these