A digestive disorder that causes heartburn, acid backwash in the throat and other uncomfortable symptoms, reflux is a condition that can now be treated with the LINX procedure at Concord Hospital.

Treatment with Ethicon’s LINX Reflux Management System reduced medical costs more than laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication (LNF), a more invasive anti-reflux surgery, and more than offsets the slightly ...

Patients seeking relief from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) have a new treatment option to consider based on an innovative use of magnets. Mass General is the first and only hospital in New ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Millions of Americans suffer from Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), a chronic, often progressive disease that can cause debilitating symptoms and lead to ...

The LINX® System augments the weak Lower Esophageal Sphincter (LES) to help prevent reflux. The LINX® System is a small, flexible band of magnets enclosed in titanium beads. The beads are connected by ...

The paperwork stacks up slowly but steadily. Some months, the pile of appeals from insurance companies denying coverage of a medical implant for severe acid reflux is more than a foot high in ...

The American Medical Association created a Category 1 CPT Code for Torax’s LINX Reflux Management System for esophageal sphincter augmentation. 1. The code is effective Jan. 1, 2017. 2. Using a ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Torax Medical, Inc. is pleased to announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a next generation LINX® Reflux Management System that is MR ...