email article Endoscopic full-thickness fundoplication (EFTP) with a novel device significantly improved quality of life and severity of symptoms in gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) compared with a sham procedure, a randomized study in India found. The single-center trial's primary endpoint of a 50% or greater improvement in health-related quality of life (GERD-HRQL) score at 3 months was achieved by 65.7% of patients in the EFTP group compared with 2.9% in the sham group ( P 0.001), reported Rakesh Kalapala, MD, and colleagues at the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology in Hyderab...