Paraesophageal hernias, a rare type of hernia, occur when part of the stomach or nearby organs shift into the chest cavity.

“Endoscopic fundoplication should be considered in patients who have medication refractory GERD and either do not want to undergo a surgical procedure or are not a good surgical candidate ...

Learn about transoral incisionless fundoplication procedures. Discover when these procedures are necessary and what the recovery process looks like.

Paraesophageal hernias (type 2 or 3 hiatal hernias) are a difficult surgical problem. They generally occur late in life, and therefore these individuals tend to be higher-risk surgical patients.

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 ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Among patients who underwent lung transplantation, laparoscopic Toupet fundoplication provided objective acid reflux control and preserved lung function and foregut motility ...

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

Find out about your options for procedures that help with stubborn heartburn and what results you can expect from them.

Although the set-up for laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair is similar to that for laparoscopic fundoplication, aspects of the case dramatically increase the degree of difficulty and the ...

Acknowledging that fundoplication is necessary in some patients, the authors warn that the procedure carries a significant risk of postoperative symptoms and so requires further evaluation in ...

Pravin John, MD, and John Thanakumar, MD, perform a toupet fundoplication on a middle-age woman with a history of marked acid reflux with esophagitis. Toupet fundoplication was chosen and revealed ...