Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 17—ALBANY — More than 20 million Americans suffer with daily heartburn or other symptoms of reflux such as regurgitation, ...

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

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medicare beneficiaries in 10 Midwestern and Northeastern states will soon have reimbursed access to the Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication (TIF®) procedure ...

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EndoGastric Solutions® (EGS), a leader in incisionless procedural therapy for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), today announced the presentation of data from the ...

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, March 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (MMSI), a global leader of healthcare technology, announced today that the American Society for Gastrointestinal ...

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, ...

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 ...

Kenneth Chang, MD, an interventional gastroenterologist, performed the first Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication procedure using the new EsophyX Z Fastener Delivery System. 1. Dr. Chang is the ...

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, ...

Bethesda, MD (Jan. 22, 2015) -- Transoral fundoplication is an effective treatment for patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), especially for patients with persistent regurgitation ...

(and 43 states providing coverage). “The robust body of clinical evidence which supports the TIF 2.0 or discontinue PPI use and want a less invasive procedure than traditional surgery has access to ...