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Dr. Eisner Answers your GERD Questions: Should I Consider Surgery?

by  Todd Eisner
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Related: Acid Reflux Treatment , GERD surgery
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Todd D. Eisner, M.D. is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Ga...

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I have been suffering from GERD for years. Should I be co...

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  1. NISSEN SURGERY
    tidwell02
    Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 05:28 PM
    I HAVE HAD ACID REFLUX ALL MY LIFE. I HAD ALL MY TEETH PULLED AT AGE 14. I HAD NISSEN SURGERY IN 1999 WHICH HELPED FOR ABOUT 5 YRS. I HAD AN ENDOSCOPY LAST MONTH AND MY GI DR. SAID THE BAND WAS STILL IN PLACE. MY QUESTION IS, CAN THE BAND BE RETIGHTENED? I HAVE BURNING IN MY CHEST AND THROAT,AND COUGHING.I AM ON PROTONIX WHICH DOESN'T DO ALOT OF GOOD.WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON THE BAND RETIGHTENING. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT ON MAY 2ND TO SEE MY GI DR. AGAIN. THAN YOU 
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