February 15, 2012 — High-resolution manometry has a high specificity (95.12%) as well as a high predictive value (91.6%) for type 1 sliding hiatal hernia in patients with gastroesophageal reflux ...

Board-certified gastroenterologists Himanshu Desai, MD, and Basel Termanini, MD, will use the new equipment.

An 80-year-old woman with dysphagia for solids after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication presented for evaluation. The patient had experienced symptoms of heartburn, nocturnal cough, and regurgitation ...

GERD is a common condition worldwide. Key mechanisms of disease include abnormal oesophagogastric junction structure and function, and impaired oesophageal clearance. A therapeutic trial of ...