The Stretta procedure controls reflux, provides relief of symptoms and decreases or eliminates the need for medications. It's a non-surgical, minimally invasive procedure that is done on an outpatient basis.
Patients go home the same day.
The patient is given a sedative. The physician slips a flexible tube, called an endoscope, over the back of the patient's tongue and into the esophagus. The endoscope has a miniature camera on its end that lets doctors measure the point where the esophagus and stomach meet. Then the physician replaces the endoscope with a balloon-tipped catheter. The miniature balloon has tiny needle electrodes on its surface.