The proportion of ppi non-responders or partial responders who do not wish for anti-reflux surgery defines the ‘treatment gap’ and needs to be addressed the last decade has witnessed the fall and rise of many endoscopic devices for gerd major endoscopic strategies include radiofrequency ablation and endoscopic fundoplication devices. Gerd treatment endoscopic. Candidates for endoscopic therapy are those who exhibit typical symptoms of gerd, such as heartburn and regurgitation, and have low-grade erosive esophagitis (los angeles grades a and b), endoscopy negative with abnormal esophageal acid exposure, a hiatal hernia smaller than 3 cm in size, and at least a partial response to ppi treatment.
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