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What does an esoohageal manometry do?
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Esophageal motility: It is a tube passed to stomach and pulled back to esophagus to measure movement and pressures of the esophagus as one swallows to evaluate the wavelike contractions and pressures they create to make sure there is no dysmotility and acid reflux.
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