Here are seven things to know about the study.
• 83 percent of patients in the TIF group experienced GERD symptoms less than once per month after the procedure.
• 80 percent of patients in the nissen fundoplication group experienced GERD symptoms less than once per month after the procedure.
• 92 percent of patients in the toupet fundoplication group experienced GERD symptoms less than once per month after the procedure.
• The average procedure time for TIF was 71 minutes.
• The average procedure time for nissen was 85 minutes.
• The average procedure time for toupet was 119 minutes.
• The hospital stay after TIF was shorter than both nissen and toupet.
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