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Figures
- FIGURE 1.
Example of ROI selection, using incisura as anatomic landmark. (Top left) Proximal stomach in anterior view. (Top right) Distal stomach in anterior view. (Bottom left) Proximal stomach in posterior view. (Bottom left) Distal stomach in posterior view.
- FIGURE 2.
Flowchart reflecting patient exclusion from this study.
- FIGURE 3.
Total GCSI and symptom categories vs. RI for each patient.
- FIGURE 4.
GCSI reduction vs. preprocedural RI. Dashed line represents RI value of 0.838.
Tables
Etiology Male Female Total Age (y) Idiopathic 1 18 19 43 ± 12 Diabetic 1 14 15 48 ± 16 Postsurgical 2 3 5 66 ± 11 Postinfectious 0 2 2 29 ± 7 After radiotherapy 1 0 1 52 Ehlers–Danlos 0 1 1 33 Unrecorded 1 3 4 54 ± 6 Total 6 41 47 47 ± 15 XRT = radiation therapy.
Age is expressed as average ± SD.
Etiology Average preprocedural RI Idiopathic 0.877 ± 0.12 Diabetic 0.872 ± 0.052 Total 0.880 ± 0.090 RI is expressed as average ± SD.
Patient no. RI before G-POEM RI after G-POEM 1 0.973 0.847 2 1.052 0.952 3 1.090 1.057 4 0.882 0.858 5 0.936 0.898 Average ± SD 0.987 ± 0.0847 0.922 ± 0.0856 Parameter Responders Nonresponders P Before G-POEM TG T½ 169 ± 42 218 ± 80 0.11 Before G-POEM PG T½ 149 ± 37 141 ± 27 0.68 After G-POEM TG T½ 131 ± 42 108 ± 37 0.31 Before G-POEM RI 0.924 ± 0.069 0.794 ± 0.059 0.006 After G-POEM RI 0.924 ± 0.070 0.886 ± 0.070 0.19 TG = total gastric emptying. PG = proximal gastric emptying
Data are average ± SD. There were insufficient complete data to compare PG T½ after G-POEM between responders and nonresponders.
