Diseases and conditions
Interventions this team performs include procedures aiding in the diagnostic workup of swallowing and foregut diseases, which include reflux and swallowing problems (neurologic, autoimmune, iatrogenic and idiopathic conditions such as achalasia and dysphagia).
These procedures include:
- Manometry
- pH metry
- Upper gastroenterology gastrointestinal endoscopy
- EndoFLIP
Surgical treatments include hiatal hernia repair, Nissen fundoplication, magnetic sphincter augmentation and laparoscopic, robotic and open hernia surgery with abdominal wall reconstruction.
- Complex abdominal wall hernia repairs
- Hiatal hernia repair
- Acid reflux (heartburn)
- Heller myotomy
Treatments and services
Surgeries performed
- Hiatal hernia repair
- Heller myotomy (surgery for achalasia)
- Per oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) (surgery for achalasia)
- Nissen fundoplication
- Magnetic sphincter augmentation of the lower esophageal sphincter
- Laparoscopic incisional hernia repair
- Robotic incisional hernia repair
- Abdominal wall reconstruction and release of abdominal wall components
Gastroenterological procedures
- High-resolution manometry
- Esophageal pH monitoring/BRAVO
- Upper GI endoscopy
- EndoFLIP
- Esophageal 24-hour pH/impedance reflux monitoring
- Radiofrequency ablation (RFA)
- Functional endoscopic evaluation of swallowing
Ear, nose and throat
- Targeted speech therapy
- Botox and dilation of the vocal cords
- Cricopharyngeal myotomy
- Vocal fold injection
- Medialization thyroplasty
- Scar release
- Vocal fold procedures to remove obstructing tissue