I think I'll stick with the heartburn for now....
Patti | Homepage | 10.28.05 - 11:55 am | #

Also there's a procedure called Endocinch (TM), it consists on plication of the GE junction.

I'd made a review of the three procedures, you can view it here:

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom...58700792& size=l

Regards.
Jon Mikel, M.D. | Homepage | 11.01.05 - 5:23 pm | #

As a surgeon,I find the Endocinch to be a poor approximation of an antireflux procedure, and doubt it will have long-lasting results. But, it will likely become somewhat popular for two reasons: [1] patients are wary of surgery in general and [2] the procedure is done by gastroenterologists...who control access of these patients to surgeons.
Aggravated DocSurg | Homepage | 11.01.05 - 5:50 pm | #

I think people won't react soon positively to surgeries. They alway think of the adverse consequences of surgery. However, I believe FDA has acted right.
kevin | Homepage | 03.09.07 - 4:21 am | #

My husband had the enteryx procedure done several years ago. We learned last year (April 2007) -two years after the surgery - that the enteryx procedure had been recalled five months after my husband's surgery. We were never notified by the doctor that performed the surgery, the FDA, or Boston Scientific.

Most of the "adverse" reports are thought to happen 2-3 weeks after the surgery. That cannot be farther from the truth. We learned two years after the surgery that the enteryx had been injected into my husband's blood stream and settled into his organs.

He had a hard time finding a doctor that would listen to him or even find a resolution to his medical problems. He was out of work for a year due to stabbing pains in his chest and many other issues related to the enteryx.

Thankfully a doctor at Johns Hopkins took him on as a patient. In the end they removed a lime size chunk of plastic from his chest and the middle lobe of his right lung. We also learned that the "glo" agent mixed with the enteryx does not stay with the product. The enteryx that showed up on the MRI and the amount found after the doctors were inside my husband's chest was significantly different.

If anyone has had this procedure I would highly recommend they see their doctor.
Jennifer | 11.10.08 - 7:43 pm | #