Recent articles from Dr. Dunn's learning center written for patients, not physicians.
When Heartburn Keeps Coming Back: When to Ask for a GERD Evaluation
Frequent heartburn or regurgitation may deserve a closer look. Learn when a GERD evaluation can help clarify your next step.
Preparing for Anti-Reflux Surgery: Questions and Steps Before Your Procedure
Considering anti-reflux surgery? Learn how testing, questions, recovery planning, and shared decision-making shape the right next step.
Trouble Swallowing: When Food Feels Stuck and Why an Evaluation Matters
Food feeling stuck, coughing with liquids, or painful swallowing can have different causes. Learn when dysphagia needs an evaluation.
What GERD Testing Can Tell You: A Patient Guide to Endoscopy and Reflux Monitoring
Learn why GERD testing may include endoscopy, reflux monitoring, barium swallow, or manometry, and what each test can clarify.
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Each guide walks you through exactly what to expect before, during, and after your procedure with Dr. Dunn.
The Ultimate Guide to Hiatal Hernia Repair
This guide explains how surgeons evaluate hiatal hernia repair, including diagnosis, surgical options, recovery expectations, and when to seek urgent care.
The Ultimate Guide to Hernia Repair
This comprehensive hernia repair guide helps patients compare hernia types, diagnosis, surgical mesh options, recovery timelines, and hernia recurrence risks.
The Ultimate Guide to GERD Surgery
This ultimate guide explains GERD symptoms, testing requirements, and surgical options like fundoplication and LINX to help patients find long-term relief.
The Ultimate Guide to Gallbladder Surgery
This comprehensive guide explains gallbladder surgery, covering symptoms like biliary colic, diagnostic tests, laparoscopic recovery, and urgent warning signs.
The Ultimate Guide to EndoFLIP Diagnostics
EndoFLIP is an advanced esophageal diagnostic test measuring opening dynamics and distensibility to help evaluate swallowing trouble and achalasia.
The Ultimate Guide to Difficulty Swallowing
Understand the causes, symptoms, and treatments for difficulty swallowing, from esophageal issues to urgent red flags, to prepare for your medical evaluation.
Watch Dr. Dunn explain it himself.
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Your doctor said you have Barrett's Esophagus. Should you be scared?
Chronic cough, hoarse voice, this condition is almost always missed by doctors!
You've been on Omeprazole for years and still have reflux, what now?
What is a Foregut Center?
The new way to diagnose Acid Reflux, Mucosal Impedance
