The patient is an 83-year-old man with severe alkaline reflux, esophagitis, and atrophic gastritis, with all the clinical features and companion symptoms (nausea, vomiting, pain). The patient had a ...

Are the results of Nissen fundoplication related to the presence or absence of esophageal erosive disease in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease? The authors used prospective data to compare ...

Participants who underwent cTIF procedure also experienced less dysphagia ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Endoscopic fundoplication demonstrated comparable efficacy to its surgical counterpart in the ...

EndoGastric Solutions has released an independent study comparing transoral incisionless fundoplication to nissen fundoplication and toupet fundoplication as gastroesophageal reflux disease treatments ...

Transoral fundoplication is an effective treatment for patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease, especially for patients with persistent regurgitation despite proton pump inhibitor therapy, ...

Some patients do not respond well, or at all, to medications, as powerful as they may be. And, while some of the PPIs are available over-the-counter, most are expensive prescription drugs that pose a ...

Stretta found to be effective in more GERD patient sub-sets: Q&A with Dr. Mark Noar on his follow-up to 10-year patient data. Stretta, a non-ablative radiofrequency treatment for gastroesophageal ...

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 ...

Treatment with Ethicon’s LINX Reflux Management System reduced medical costs more than laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication (LNF), a more invasive anti-reflux surgery, and more than offsets the slightly ...