Heartburn Surgery Done Through Patient’s Mouth
Jan 12th 2008Drug InformationAcid Reflux/GERD
If you’re constantly reaching for antacids to control your heartburn, you may have a more serious problem called reflux disease. Some 25 million Americans have it* and now they have a new option to treat it. Using a newly-approved device for the first time in the U.S., doctors have performed surgery to fix reflux problems without making a single incision. Developing the technology took decades, but the operation only took an hour.
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