Esophyx® TIF
TIF with EsophyX is the first ‘incisionless’ reconstructive surgical treatment for people suffering from GORD (gastro-intestinal reflux disorder) and works by carrying out surgical repair of the gastro-oesophageal junction.
Widely recognised as the next step in the evolution of minimally invasive techniques, the EsophyX device is introduced into the body, not through an incision, but through a “natural” body orifice, the mouth.
Leaders in the surgical treatment for ‘Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease’ (GORD), Professor Mike McMahon and Dr. Elliot Goodman are the first specialists performing the ‘Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication (TIF) with EsophyX’ procedure, within private healthcare in the UK. TIF is now available at Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital.
The EsophyX device and the TIF procedure reduce hiatal hernia and create a valve between the stomach and the esophagus to restore the natural, physiological anatomy to reduce/prevent gastro-oesophageal reflux. Since the procedure is incisionless, there is no visible scarring and the risk of adverse effects is significantly reduced.
Clinical trials have shown that as a result of this procedure, most patients can eat and drink foods they have had to avoid for many years and which no longer impacts their life like it did previously.
Recent studies of ‘TIF with EsophyX’ have shown that the procedure can reduce patients’ dependency on medications - 85% of patients remaining symptom free without antacids after two years and as a result experiencing a dramatic improvement in their quality of life.
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