Acid Reflux / Hiatus Hernia Surgery in Lahore

Long-term acid reflux and hiatus hernia can wear down the food pipe and disturb daily life when medicines stop working. Surgery offers a lasting fix by repairing the hernia and strengthening the valve that keeps stomach acid where it belongs.

When reflux stops responding to tablets

Most heartburn is managed with acid tablets and sensible eating. Surgery enters the picture when symptoms return the moment tablets stop, when regurgitation soaks into the throat and chest at night, or when a hiatus hernia lets part of the stomach slide into the chest. Laparoscopic fundoplication repairs the hernia and rebuilds the valve at the top of the stomach.

At Farooq Hospital DHA this is keyhole surgery with a short stay. Patients who have spent years on double dose tablets are often surprised how specific the fix is once the mechanical problem is repaired.

Testing before operating

Good reflux surgery starts with proof. Endoscopy, and where needed pH or manometry studies, confirm that acid reflux truly is the cause and that the food pipe pushes well enough for a wrap. Operating without that work up is how disappointing results happen, so the Lahore clinic insists on it.

Eating after a fundoplication

The first weeks after an anti reflux operation follow a staged diet, from liquids to soft food to normal meals, while the new valve settles. Some early fullness and difficulty with large bites is expected and fades. Most patients are off acid tablets entirely once healed, which after years of daily medicine is the point of the whole exercise.

Procedures we perform

Laparoscopic fundoplication (GERD, hiatus hernia)

Keyhole surgery for acid reflux and hiatus hernia that rebuilds the valve and stops the burn.

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