The gold standard for diagnosing gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is impedance-pH monitoring. This test is particularly valuable when endoscopy doesn't reveal esophagitis yet patients continue ...

The ASGE guidelines recommend upper endoscopy for GERD patients with alarm symptoms or risk factors for Barrett esophagus, and post-sleeve gastrectomy or peroral endoscopic myotomy. Meticulous ...

Revolutionizing GERD diagnosis: how capsule sponge testing prioritizes high-risk patients while easing the strain on endoscopy services. Study: Clinical application of capsule sponge testing in ...

Sabine Roman, MD, PhD, associate professor of gastroenterology and physiology at Lyon University Hospital in France, took the floor at the United European Gastroenterology Week to discuss the link ...

For patients who have undergone bariatric surgery for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), revision surgery is common and is mainly with a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), according to a study ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday issued draft guidance detailing clinical considerations for drugmakers looking to develop products to treat pediatric gastroesophageal reflux ...

For patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), improvement in symptoms is seen with both antireflux mucosectomy (ARMS) and antireflux mucosal ablation (ARMA), but subjective and objective ...