The RISKS of Acid Reflux Surgery

Suggested by physicians as an ultimate solution in the case of severe heartburn, surgery for acid reflux is a process of medical intervention designed for relief of acid reflux symptoms. It is recommended mostly for those heartburn patients whose disease no longer reacts to medicaments or changes in lifestyle: under usual circumstances, it is seldom that acid reflux surgery is done.

The focus is on the local causes of acid reflux that happens when the LES or lower esophageal sphincter (the one-way valve at the lower end of the esophagus) fails to shut and so stomach content is transmitted back into the esophagus. When the acid hits the esophagus lining, heartburn results as the burning sensation occurring in the chest and/or the throat. Conventionalists are strong supporters of the surgical approach because heartburn is considered to be a local problem to be resolved by treating the immediate causes.

The operation as a whole is often practiced with a laparoscopic technique (surgery using small incisions that are minimally invasive); it can also be done using classical open surgery. Nissen fundoplication is the surgery that is standard for acid reflux.

The aim of the operation is that the refluxed content from the stomach no longer comes in contact with the esophagus. For this, the surgeon folds the gastric fundus (parts of the stomach) around the lower esophagus thus reinforcing the natural valve that links the esophagus and the stomach.

An obvious disadvantage of surgery for acid reflux resolution (that goes no further than local and immediate causes) is that it bypasses and does not properly deal with several primordial internal factors and co-factors which create the context that provokes acid reflux. Sadly, fundoplication has several possible complications, such as problems in swallowing, cramps in the abdomen, nausea, gas bloat syndrome, and others.

An alternative treatment to acid reflux surgery was available for one year up to the end of 2005. Through endoscopy, Enteryx, a spongy material, was injected into the lower wall of the esophagus. In 2005 however and after several injuries of which one was fatal, the Food and Drug Administration recalled Enteryx. The Enteryx marketer Boston Scientific Corp. was criticized by the FDA for "ongoing systemic violations" of standards of quality control. No new products from the company were to be approved before resolution of these problems.

Luckily, there is an alternative to acid reflux surgery that is much safer than this event that serves to show how dangerous surgical procedures can be for treating acid reflux.

Did you realize that a program that is all-natural and holistic can cure your painful, uncomfortable acid reflux symptoms, permanently? This program with its herbal cures, homeopathic cures, and modifications to diet and lifestyle with detoxification, can eradicate the internal problem of heartburn forever with no potential complications from surgery or side effects from heartburn drugs.




Jeff Martin is a medical researcher, certified nutritionist, health consultant and author of the #1 best-selling e-book, "Heartburn No More- Open The Door To an Acid Reflux Free Life". Jeff has written dozens of holistic health articles and has been featured in ezines and print magazines, as well as on hundreds of websites worldwide.

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