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Table. 2.

Effect of Previous Interventions for Achalasia on Individual Symptom Improvement after Surgical Management of Achalasia

Scale Group P Group S OR (95% CI) P-value
Dysphagia score (n = 36) 3.38 (0.742–15.35) 0.11
≤ 1 (n = 14) 8 (57.1) 6 (42.9)
> 1 (n = 22) 18 (81.8) 4 (18.2)
Chest pain score (n = 32) 3.13 (0.32–30.79) 0.31
≤ 1 (n = 11) 1 (9.1) 10 (90.9)
> 1 (n = 21) 5 (23.8) 16 (76.2)
Regurgitation score (n = 35) 0.60 (0.139–2.59) 0.49
≤ 1 (n = 13) 5 (38.5) 8 (61.5)
> 1 (n = 22) 6 (27.3) 16 (72.7)
Heartburn score (n = 36) 0.95 (0.14–6.53) 0.96
≤ 1 (n = 14) 2 (14.3) 12 (85.7)
> 1 (n = 22) 3 (13.6) 19 (86.4)

Values are presented as number (%). A few of the symptom score components were not filled out by the study subjects.

Group P, primary group; Group S, secondary group; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

Int J Gastrointest Interv 2022;11:29~34 https://doi.org/10.18528/ijgii210031
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