Reginald C.W. Bell, MD, founder and director of the Institute of Esophageal and Reflux Surgery in Englewood, Colorado, assistant clinical professor of surgery at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, and lead author of the study “Laparoscopic Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation versus Double-Dose Proton Pump Inhibitors for Management of Moderate-to-Severe Regurgitation in GERD: A Randomized Controlled Trial,” published in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Dr. Bell had the MSA procedure himself three years ago.
If you’re concerned about the side effects of GERD drugs, surgery is an alternative that might end your GERD misery.
