Treatments and solutions designed to bring you relief.
Northwest Institute for Digestive Surgery offers top–of–the–line surgical solutions for GERD. Historically, most patients chose minimally invasive surgical treatments because medications failed to relieve acid reflux symptoms. While this is still a leading cause of seeking a surgical solution, other reasons are becoming more common. These include the inconvenience and cost of taking daily medications, the side effects produced by medications, and the desire to actually stop the reflux (medications only treat the symptoms, not the disease).
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a chronic condition of esophageal damage caused by stomach acid coming up from the stomach into the esophagus. Reflux can cause many symptoms including heartburn, indigestion, bloating, chest pain, regurgitation, cough, hoarse voice, and more. Chronic reflux can lead to esophagitis, strictures, Barrett's esophagus, and even esophageal cancer.