SPHINCTER-OF-ODDI MANOMETRY

Members of the American Motility Society met in Iowa City, Iowa, Decem ber 8 to 10, 1995, to review the issue of gastrointestinal motility te sts in clinical medicine and to develop critical position papers on ea ch motility subspecialty. President Sidney Phillips, MD, and Secretary Robert Summers, MD, developed a conference format that enabled each m otility subspecialty (e.g., biliary motility) to present a position pa per on its current relevance in clinical practice.Following critique o f the position paper by the general assembly, each subspecialty group revised and further defined its position paper. Subsequently, a consen sus document was accepted after a final critique by the general assemb ly. The ASGE Patient Care Committee reviewed this Biliary Motility con sensus document because it was considering development of guidelines f or performing biliary motility. The AMS document was considered suffic iently comprehensive to satisfy the ASGE Committee's criteria as a ref erence resource and guideline for clinicians. On recommendation by the ASGE Governing Board, the consensus paper on Biliary Motility develop ed by the AMS members was submitted to Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.