Botox injection to the puborectalis muscle has been found to have a limited therapeutic effect on patients suffering from anismus. Our results justify the need for further double-blind placebo-controlled trials to determine the exact role of botulinum toxin type-A in anismus.
Eradication of H pylori is not associated with increased symptoms of GER in children and adolescents. Improvement in epigastric pain in children is significantly correlated with the improvement in GER symptoms but not with eradication of H pylori.
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