Performing a 45-degree straight leg raise test on a patient who has experienced multiple rapid swallows detects hiatal hernias that would otherwise be missed during high-resolution esophageal manometry (HREM), new research shows.
The findings could help clinicians better identify patients with hernias, and might even allow them to do so using telemedicine, according to the researchers, who presented at the 2020 virtual meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology (poster P0868).
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