Medscape Medical News - Surgery Trumps Proton Pump Inhibitors for Acid Reflux

Karim Trad, M.D., assistant clinical professor of surgery, was featured in Medscape Medical News for a study suggesting that patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease might benefit more from transoral incisionless fundoplication than from continued treatment with proton-pump inhibitors. He presented this research at Digestive Disease Week 2013. 

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