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A 23-year-old male asked:

i'm 23 and have erosive esophagatis from endoscopy this. mourning, don't want to tae ppi rest of life, can i get linx procedure and fixture hiatalher?

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Dr. Matt Wachsman answered

Internal Medicine 36 years experience

Yeah, but: the area eventually loosens up and goes back to being broken.

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