Type of Surgery

Medical therapy can treat many cases of GERD of gastroesophageal reflux disease; however, in severe cases, surgery must be used to treat GERD. This narrated video covers the pain surgical approach to GERD, called fundoplication. It also describes a hiatal hernia, how this disorder sometimes contributes to GERD, and what can be done about it.

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What is a Gastroscopy?

While a colonoscopy is a procedure that uses a thin, flexible tube to view the lower gastrointestinal tract, the upper GI tract can be viewed as well. In a gastroscopy or what is more completely called an EGD (esophagogastroduodenoscopy) uses a similar scope to investigate the inside of the esophagus, stomach and first part of the small intestine.

How a gastroscopy is carried out

This narrated video explains what the patient will experience during an EGD (esophagogastroduodenoscopy). In non-US countries this procedure is sometimes referred to as gastroscopy, but the approach shown in the video provide the doctor with a view of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.

Other Information

Biliary colic is the presenting symptom in 80% of patients with gallstone disease who seek medical care; however, only 10-20% of all individuals with gallstones experience severe gallstone pain.


From: eMedicine

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