Surgery provides better relief from chronic reflux than drugs

After five years, surgery continues to provide better relief from the symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease than medication and is likely to be cost-effective, concludes research funded by the NIHR HTA programme. The REFLUX trial investigated the long-term clinical and cost-effectiveness of early laparoscopic surgery as an alternative to drug treatment for chronic gastro-oesophageal reflux...
Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News - Category: American Health Source Type: news