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What to Expect - Collis Gastroplasty
What to Expect: Collis Gastroplasty
If you have a shortened esophagus, Collis gastroplasty makes it possible for you to receive treatments that offer long-term relief from GERD and Barrett's esophagus. Our surgeons are renowned experts in innovative surgery techniques and often perform Collis gastroplasty and laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication during the same procedure.
If Collis gastroplasty is right for you, here's what to expect:
- We give you general anesthesia, meaning you are asleep and not able to feel any sensation during your procedure.
- Surgeons start by making up to five two-centimeter incisions above your belly button.
- We fill your abdomen with carbon dioxide gas, which makes it easier for us to move surgical instruments around and gives us a clear view of the surgical area.
- We access your esophagus through the incisions and carry out your procedure with a video camera and specialized instruments.
- Using tissue from your upper stomach (fundus), we form a tube to lengthen your esophagus.
- We attach the remaining fundus tissue to your stomach.
- You are now ready for your laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication procedure.