The DANGERS of Acid Reflux Surgery

Suggested by physicians as an ultimate solution in the case of severe heartburn, surgery for acid reflux is a process of medical intervention designed for relief of acid reflux symptoms. It is recommended mostly for those heartburn patients whose disease no longer reacts to medicaments or changes in lifestyle: under usual circumstances, it is seldom that acid reflux surgery is done.

The target is the local causes of gastro esophageal reflux disease. GERD occurs when the LES or lower esophageal sphincter (the unidirectional valve at the lower end of the esophagus) fails to close, allowing content from the stomach to be transmitted back into the esophagus. When the esophagus lining is covered by the food and acid, heartburn happens as the burning sensation to be felt in the chest and/or the throat. Conventionalists strongly support a surgical approach, considering that acid reflux is a localized problem to be handled by treating the immediate causes.

Nissen fundoplication is the surgery that is standard for acid reflux. The whole operation is often accomplished with a laparoscopic (where small incisions allow surgery that is minimally invasive) technique for the surgery, but can be done as well as traditional open surgery.

The operation is done with goal of preventing refluxed stomach content from coming into contact with the esophagus. To do this, the surgeon folds the gastric fundus (parts of the stomach) around the lower esophagus in order to add strength to the natural valve at the junction of the stomach and the esophagus.

Regrettably, fundoplication has several possible complications, such as nausea, camps in the abdomen, gas bloat syndrome, glutition problems and others. Another clear disadvantage of the surgical solution to acid reflux resolution (tackling local immediate causes) is that it ignores and does not properly treat several essential internal factors and co-factors creating the so-called environment that triggers acid reflux.

During a period of one year up till late 2005, a treatment was available as an alternative to acid reflux surgery. A spongy material called Enteryx was injected during endoscopy into the lower wall of the esophagus. In 2005the FDA recalled Enteryx however after a death and several injuries. The Enteryx marketer Boston Scientific Corp. was criticized by the Food and Drug Administration for "ongoing systemic violations" of standards of quality control and said that no new products from the company would find approval before the problems were corrected.

Luckily, there is an alternative to acid reflux surgery that is much safer than this event that serves to show how dangerous surgical procedures can be for treating acid reflux.

Did you realize that a program that is all-natural and holistic can cure your painful, uncomfortable acid reflux symptoms, permanently? This program with its herbal cures, homeopathic cures, and modifications to diet and lifestyle with detoxification, can eradicate the internal problem of heartburn forever with no potential complications from surgery or side effects from heartburn drugs.

By: Jeff Martin

Jeff Martin is a certified nutritionist and author of the #1 best-selling e-book, Heartburn No More . To Learn More About Acid Reflux Surgery Visit: Acid Reflux Surgery

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