April 11, 2012

Mayo Clinic Florida to Offer Acid Reflux Treatment Using Torax Medical’s Device

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Mayo Clinic announced Wednesday that its Jacksonville, Florida campus will become one of the first providers in the nation to offer a novel implant procedure to treat acid reflux for those who don’t respond to medication…“I expect this device to be a game changer for the treatment of [gastrointestinal reflux disease] in select patients who have failed management with drugs,” said Dr. C. Daniel Smith,chair of the department of surgery at Mayo Clinic in Florida, in a statement from Mayo.

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Tags: acid reflux, Dr. C. Daniel Smith, GI, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville

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