Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 17—ALBANY — More than 20 million Americans suffer with daily heartburn or other symptoms of reflux such as regurgitation, ...

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EndoGastric Solutions® (EGS), a leader in incisionless procedural therapy for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug ...

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 ...

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medicare beneficiaries in 10 Midwestern and Northeastern states will soon have reimbursed access to the Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication (TIF®) procedure ...

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

(RTTNews) - Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (MMSI), on Thursday announced that the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy or ASGE has updated its clinical practice guideline on the diagnosis and ...

EndoGastric Solutions (EGS) announces that Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute and the most prominent journal in the field of ...

Hackensack University Medical Center is offering a new procedure called Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication that is performed without laparoscopy or open abdominal incisions. “The TIF procedure can ...

Transoral incisionless fundoplication with the EsophyX device was successful in reducing GERD symptoms through 5 years of follow-up, according to a new study published in Surgical Innovation. Karim S.

Kenneth Chang, MD, an interventional gastroenterologist, performed the first Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication procedure using the new EsophyX Z Fastener Delivery System. 1. Dr. Chang is the ...

Two surgeons from Wisconsin are utilizing transoral incisionless fundoplication to help relieve patients of gastroesophageal reflux disease, according to a Post Crescent news report. Kevin Wasco, MD, ...

An incisionless surgery is now available for those suffering from gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, at MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center Laguna Hills. The one-hour procedure is performed ...