How do you diagnose and manage suspected opioid-induced esophageal dysfunction?
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Gastroenterology · University of South Florida
Patients with opioid-induced esophageal dysfunction have symptoms of most often, chest pain or dysphagia, with manometric findings of EGJ outflow obstruction, type 3 achalasia, or esophageal spasm/hypercontractile/jackhammer esophagus. When manometry suggests EGJOO or type 3 achalasia, in our practi...