Dr. Mario Camelo

  Have you tried all the known home remedies and drugs for acid reflux to no avail? If your stomach's condition is severe and there seems to be no hope, it may the right time to consider  esophageal reflux surgery .    People with severe gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) usually struggle with heartburn and other symptoms when their stomach no longer responds to the usual treatments. The good news is that there is another option: surgery. According to a new study, surgery might be the best solution for tough-to-treat acid reflux. It found out that the surgery provided much more relief than the two kinds of drug treatment among select patients who didn't respond to the initial treatments.   One of the effective surgeries for GERD is gastric band acid reflux surgery. Here's how it works.    This procedure will repair or replace the valve at the bottom of the esophagus or the LES. It is what keeps the acid from moving backward from the stomach. If LES is weak or damage

  Developments in medical technology have resulted to ever more reliable and effective weight-loss solutions such as the  laparoscopic lap band surgery . While many people are still afraid of going under the knife to lose weight, many have already tried this procedure and experienced great results. The following are some of the advantages of  laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding :           1.     Least invasive procedure  Like traditional lap band surgery, this procedure can reduce the amount of food that the stomach can hold and makes one feel full fast. But unlike traditional surgery, a laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding procedure won't remove a large part of the stomach or reroute the intestines. Instead, it will band a silicone ring around the upper part of the stomach to divide it into pouches. For this reason, the surgery is considered the least invasive. The operation will take only 30 to 60 minutes.   2.     More effective than before  Modern bariatric surg