Anti-Reflux Surgery

Anti-Reflux Surgery

What is Anti-Reflux Surgery?

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Anti-reflux surgery is a treatment for acid reflux, also known as GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease). GERD is a condition in which food or stomach acid comes back up from your stomach into the esophagus. The esophagus is the tube from your mouth to the stomach.

Reflux often occurs if the muscles where the esophagus meets the stomach do not close tightly enough. A hiatal hernia can make GERD symptoms worse. It occurs when the stomach bulges through this opening into your chest. The most common procedure of this type is called fundoplication. 

How is it done?

  • In this surgery, your surgeon will first repair the hiatal hernia, if one is present.
  • This involves tightening the opening in your diaphragm with stitches to keep your stomach from bulging upward through the opening in the muscle wall.
  • Your surgeon may place a piece of mesh in the repaired area to make it more secure.
  • Next, wrap the upper part of your stomach around the end of your esophagus with stitches.
  • The stitches create pressure at the end of your esophagus, which helps prevent stomach acid and food from flowing up from the stomach into the esophagus.
  • Surgery is done while you are under general anesthesia, so you are asleep and pain-free.
  • Surgery most often takes 2 to 3 hours. Post surgery, you will be taken to the recovery room.

How is it done?

  • In this surgery, your surgeon will first repair the hiatal hernia, if one is present.
  • This involves tightening the opening in your diaphragm with stitches to keep your stomach from bulging upward through the opening in the muscle wall.
  • Your surgeon may place a piece of mesh in the repaired area to make it more secure.
  • Next, wrap the upper part of your stomach around the end of your esophagus with stitches.
  • The stitches create pressure at the end of your esophagus, which helps prevent stomach acid and food from flowing up from the stomach into the esophagus.
  • Surgery is done while you are under general anesthesia, so you are asleep and pain-free.
  • Surgery most often takes 2 to 3 hours. Post surgery, you will be taken to the recovery room.

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