The longer Wol Thomas sits at her piano playing the “Ballade pour Adeline,” a gentle, sweet piece of music, the broader she smiles. “She hadn’t felt like playing for some time,” her husband, Joe, ...
Treatment with Ethicon’s LINX Reflux Management System reduced medical costs more than laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication (LNF), a more invasive anti-reflux surgery, and more than offsets the slightly ...
For the last year, Majed Khalifa spent his days coughing and his nights sleeping with his head raised - the only way he could keep food from coming into his throat. Suffering from gastroesphogeal ...
A UK-wide research team, led by the University of Oxford's Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, has launched a major international study to improve surgical treatment for people suffering from ...
ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Millions of Americans suffer from Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), a chronic, often progressive disease that can cause debilitating symptoms and lead to ...
The LINX® System augments the weak Lower Esophageal Sphincter (LES) to help prevent reflux. The LINX® System is a small, flexible band of magnets enclosed in titanium beads. The beads are connected by ...
The paperwork stacks up slowly but steadily. Some months, the pile of appeals from insurance companies denying coverage of a medical implant for severe acid reflux is more than a foot high in ...
The American Medical Association created a Category 1 CPT Code for Torax’s LINX Reflux Management System for esophageal sphincter augmentation. 1. The code is effective Jan. 1, 2017. 2. Using a ...
ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Torax Medical, Inc. is pleased to announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a next generation LINX® Reflux Management System that is MR ...