Indiana Hospital Introduces Incisionless Surgery for GERD Treatment

Surgeons at St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, Ind., have performed the first surgeries at the hospital using Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, according to a report in The Chronicle.

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TIF is an anatomical solution that allows surgeons to repair the antireflux barrier transorally, reducing hiatal hernia and creating a valve between the stomach and the esophagus to restore physiological anatomy and reducing GERD, according to the report.

The incisionless procedure allows for quicker recovery and reduced pain with no visible scarring, according to the report. Some studies have shown that patients undergoing the TIF procedure have been able to resume eating and drinking foods they had been avoiding for years due to GERD.

Read the Chronicle’s report about the new TIF procedure for GERD.

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