TIF vs. traditional surgical GERD treatment: 7 things to know

EndoGastric Solutions has released an independent study comparing transoral incisionless fundoplication to nissen fundoplication and toupet fundoplication as gastroesophageal reflux disease treatments.

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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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