[Role of manometry in evaluating long-term outcomes of the surgical treatment of functional esophageal diseases].

In the years 1979-1986, 73 patients with esophageal achalasia, 110 patients with the reflux disease of esophagus and paraesophageal herniae, 17 patients with esophageal diverticles and 33 patients with duodenal ulcer were examined. The patients were examined before the intervention and controlled repeatedly after the operation in the intervals up to one month, after 3-12 months and after 2-7 years. The contribution of manometry is considered to be in giving more precision to the diagnosis and, particularly in esophagocardial achalasia, in determining a suitable operation tactics. In the reflux disease of esophagus it can contribute to the decision between a conservative and surgical therapy. The postoperative control examinations help to make an exact evaluation of the results of operation in a complex with other methods of examination.