At HFM, we are now offering a new, research-proven mechanical solution for GERD. It is called the LINX procedure. LINX works by restoring the strength of the esophagus’ sphincter. It consists ...

The LINX® System is placed around the esophagus just above the stomach using a surgical technique called laparoscopy. Patients are placed under general anesthesia during the procedure. Once implanted, ...

Then, her local gastroenterologist referred her to Dr. Shawn Tsuda, a 36-year-old Harvard-schooled surgeon and the only practitioner in Nevada trained to perform the LINX procedure approved by the ...

A digestive disorder that causes heartburn, acid backwash in the throat and other uncomfortable symptoms, reflux is a condition that can now be treated with the LINX procedure at Concord Hospital.

Unplanned, Hammons became the first person in the East Texas area to receive a new, minimally invasive procedure that cured her acid reflux or the gastroesophageal reflux disease — the LINX ...

The LINX management system for reflux involves the insertion into the weaken lower esophageal sphincter of a ring-size band of magnets through minimally-invasive laparoscopic surgery. Food is ...

With the LINX procedure, your doctor uses a laparoscope to put a ring of titanium beads around the outside of your lower esophagus. This strengthens the valve between the esophagus and stomach.

your doctor might recommend surgery like one of the following to tighten your esophagus and control acid reflux while still letting food pass through: LINX surgery: Your surgeon wraps a ring of ...