LINX for GERD
Improve your digestive health with technologies that improve your level of function.
Medications for GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) control or suppress acid production in the stomach but do not address the cause of GERD, which is a weak sphincter muscle. Some 40% of people with GERD continue to have symptoms even while taking medication.
LINXTM can eliminate your dependence on medication and improve your quality of life. This procedure was first introduced in Shreveport-Bossier City at Willis Knighton.
How It Works
LINXTM is a flexible ring of small magnets that opens to allow food and liquid into the stomach, then closes to prevent stomach contents from moving back up (reflux).
How It Is Inserted
LINXTM is inserted during a minimally invasive laparoscopic surgical procedure. Patients generally go home within one day.
Benefits
- Minimally invasive procedure
- Prevents stomach acid from backing up
- Regurgitation eliminated in 99% of patients in a five-year study
- Heartburn significantly reduced from 89% at baseline to 11.9% for patients in a five-year study
- Freedom from GERD medication for 85% of patients in a five-year study
Patient Story
Justin Boyter
Willis Knighton was excellent from the nurses to the doctors to everyone that I experienced while I was you know just doctor's visits to the actual procedure itself.
Justin Boyter suffered from acid reflux for years before having the LINK procedure to fix it.
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