Apr. 17—ALBANY — More than 20 million Americans suffer with daily heartburn or other symptoms of reflux such as regurgitation, chronic cough, hoarseness and dental erosions. Normal treatment usually ...
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 ...
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, ...
About Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication (TIF® 2.0 procedure) for Reflux The TIF 2.0 procedure enables an incisionless approach to fundoplication in which a device is inserted through the mouth, ...
REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medicare beneficiaries in 10 Midwestern and Northeastern states will soon have reimbursed access to the Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication (TIF®) procedure ...
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 ...
One in five adults in the U.S. suffer from gastroesophageal reflux disease, a digestive disorder that causes severe heartburn or acid indigestion. The Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication procedure ...
Surgery without an incision is now possible. On Aug. 6, Goshen General Hospital and Drs. Mark Ranzinger and Norbert Schwer, of Gerig Surgical Associates and medical staff at Goshen General Hospital, ...
If you’ve had the feeling, you know you never want to have it again. Heartburn can sneak up on you or settle in for a while like an uninvited guest. Now there is a new way to fight back. An ...