AUGUST 25, 2023

AFS Releases New Guidance on TIF for GERD

The American Foregut Society has issued new guidance on best practices for transoral incisionless fundoplication for the management of gastroesophageal reflux disease.

TIF, which reestablishes and augments the gastroesophageal flap valve to restore its function, is a “great option to treat GERD, with an excellent safety profile and high level of patient satisfaction,” said Olaya Brewer Gutierrez, MBBS, the director of endoscopy at Sibley Memorial Hospital, in Washington, D.C., and a