First patients in UK receive new device to stop severe acid reflux

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By Ben Mitchell, PA Media

The first patients in the UK have had a new device implanted to prevent gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD).

University Hospital Southampton (UHS) and Imperial College London have become the first NHS trusts in the country to install the device called the RefluxStop, with Southampton being the first to use robotic surgery for the procedure.