TIF Procedure helps people living with GERD

People living with GERD have a few options when it comes to treatment. Lifestyle modifications, like changes to one’s diet or sleeping with the head of the bed inclined, may help some people. Medications can also treat and help alleviate some of the symptoms.

Ultimately, though, reflux disease is a mechanical problem. If the sphincter muscle at the lower end of the esophagus relaxes at the wrong time or is weakened, then stomach acid can back up into that passageway. Many patients may require a surgical procedure to repair this.

For some of these patients, Cleveland Clinic Martin Health now has a less invasive option available: the Transoral Incision-less Fundoplication, or TIF procedure.

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