March 24, 2010 — Laparoscopic fundoplication surgery is more effective than medical management for treating gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD, also referred to as GORD), at least in the short to ...

St. Joseph’s Health Hospital is marking a major milestone completing 20,000 robotic surgeries. For many patients, that ...

A new white paper by the American Foregut Society (AFS) summarizes the published outcome data for Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication 2.0 (TIF 2.0) and Concomitant Transoral Incisionless ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Among patients who underwent lung transplantation, laparoscopic Toupet fundoplication provided ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Endoscopic full-thickness fundoplication was safe and effective for the improvement of quality of life in ...

A new white paper by the American Foregut Society (AFS) summarizes the published outcome data for Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication 2.0 (TIF 2.0) and Concomitant Transoral Incisionless ...

WASHINGTON – Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that a surgical procedure used to treat chronic heartburn appears to not only improve the functioning of transplanted lungs, but also ...

If you have an esophagus, you’ve almost certainly experienced the occasional bout of heartburn — that painful sensation that occurs when highly acidic stomach juices splash up into the tube that ...

Purpose of the Study: To evaluate our 5-year experience with anti-reflux surgery (ARS) and determine the parents' perspective of the outcome. Methods Used: We conducted a retrospective analysis of the ...

Researchers found no evidence of a causal relationship between most drugs previously implicated in microscopic colitis risk-- including nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), proton-pump ...

If you deal with acid reflux, you’re not alone. Approximately 40 million Americans have acid reflux. The foregut program at Overlake Medical Center focuses on the prevalent condition, as well as other ...