Mohamed Elmasry, Hamza Hassan, Prateek Mathur, Abigail Stocker, Hadi Atassi, Saad Saleem, Lindsay McElmurray, Kelly Cooper, Michael G Hughes, Warren Starkebaum, Christina Pinkston, Thomas Abell
INTRODUCTION: Gastric electrical stimulation (GES) has been recommended for drug refractory patients with gastroparesis, but no clear baseline predictors of symptom response exist. We hypothesized that long-term predictors to GES for foregut and hindgut symptoms exist, particularly when using augmented energies. PATIENTS: We evaluated 307 patients at baseline, 1 week post temporary GES, and one year after permanent GES. Baseline measures included upper and lower symptoms by patient-reported outcomes (PRO), solid and liquid gastric emptying (GET), cutaneous, mucosal, and serosal electrophysiology (EGG, m/s EG), BMI, and response to temporary stimulation...
June 2022: Neurogastroenterology and Motility: the Official Journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society