HealthDay News — Mortality and reoperation rates are very low among working-age patients with severe gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) undergoing primary laparoscopic fundoplication, according to ...

May 24 -- FRIDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- High levels of patient satisfaction and low rates of re-surgery were found in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) who had minimally ...

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 ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Nearly 18% of patients who underwent primary ...

A study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons analyzed the perioperative outcomes between laparoscopic antireflux surgery and open antireflux surgery. Researchers used the ...

Patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease, known as GERD, who undergo laparoscopic anti-reflux operations compared with traditional "open" operations suffer fewer postoperative complications, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Gastroesophageal reflux disease affects 1 in 5 people in the United States.; although common, the disease is ...

Gastroesophageal reflux disease is a public health concern in the Western world, affecting approximately 10 to 20 percent of all adults, and its prevalence has increased in the past two decades.

Laparoscopic antireflux surgery is the standard of care for patients with GERD; however, the long-term outcome of three antireflux procedures (Nissen, Thal, and Toupet) have not been adequately ...

Outcomes are compared with 6-month outcomes after anterior 180° partial fundoplication, and sham procedures from trials of endoscopic therapies. No sham-controlled trial of EsophyX TIF procedure ...

TUESDAY, March 29, 2016 -- A minimally invasive surgery to treat chronic heartburn is safer than generally believed, and could be a desirable alternative to long-term use of acid reflux medications, ...