Scintigraphy Versus Manometry and Prolonged pH Monitoring for the Assessment of Esophageal Function

Since Tolin et al. [7] first studied esophageal transit by scintigraphy and Fisher et al. [3] first used radioactive isotopes to detect gastroesophageal reflux, numerous teams have proposed several esophageal scintigraphy methods especially for detection of reflux in children [2,4–6]. The purpose of this study was to determine the usefulness of esophageal scintigraphy in investigating gastroesophageal reflux and motility disorders in adult patients as compared with esophageal manometry and prolonged pH monitoring [1].