The information provided on Crying Over Spilt Milk is designed to support, not replace, the 
relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor and his/her existing physician.
Surgery is the last resort for severe GORD either with complications or ongoing GORD that is not able to be controlled with medications.
I’m going to add some New Zealand web links that are now available to this page. Some are specific to children and others are not.
One of the links is to information on our website that we were given permission to use from overseas and is now quite old, but still reasonably relevant. Just remember that it is not from NZ and there may be newer techniques being used by local surgeons.
Reproduced with the permission of P.A.G.E.R. - Pediatric Adolescent Gastroesophageal Reflux Association Inc. USA Based. Article written in 1999.
Parent/Caregiver Information, Child Health Service, Canterbury District Health Board - This is wonderful overview of the reasons for the surgery, the surgery, post-op care and diet.
For anyone who might have an admission to hospital - this doesn't provide information on reflux surgery.
Written by Roslyn Ballantyne, National Coordinator for © Crying Over Spilt Milk Gastric Reflux Support Network New Zealand for Parents of Infants and Children Charitable Trust January 2015.
