MATERIALS AND METHODS Patient Population One-hundredand nine consecutive
patients without a pre vious history of surgery on the esophagus were prospectively studied …

The purposes of this study were to assess the esophageal clearance of a radioisotopic bolus
in patients with symptoms of reflux and evaluate the impact of manometric abnormalities on …

Radionuclide measurement of esophageal transit has been proposed as a screening test for
esophageal motor dysfunction. In this study we evaluated the radionuclide esophageal …

Esophageal transit scintigraphy was introduced over 20 years ago, but its exact role in the
evaluation of patients with suspected esophageal motility disorders still remains …

• Radionuclide esophageal transit (RET) is a noninvasive method of studying esophageal
function. The purpose of this study was to evaluate RET as a screening test for motility …

Disorders of the upper digestive tract have a high impact on modern society, in terms of both
direct and indirect health care costs and of social burden. The most common presenting …

In the past 2 decades there has been increasing interest in esophageal motility disorders. A
growing number of conditions resulting in abnormal neuromuscular esophageal function are …

This study examines the scintigraphic transit patern in a variety of esophageal disorders.
Scintigraphy was performed with a semi solid bolus and the patient in an upright position …

None of the tests employed currently to investigate esophageal transit is quantitative. The
purpose of this study was to evaluate normal subjects and patients with a variety of …

The purpose of this study was to extend existing nuclear medicine techniques for the
diagnosis of esophageal motor disorders. A standard homogeneous bolus of 99m …