I have grade 3 lax les hills and really scared of surgery can I recover with just meds or is surgery my only option to get back to normal

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Dr Dhankecha Dineshbhai

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Grade 3 LES laxity often requires surgical correction. Medicines may help symptoms but don‚Äôt usually reverse anatomical defects.

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