Posted 4/11/2014 2:44 PM (GMT 0)
I'm 5 years out and it's working fine. It's supposed to be good for 10 years, maybe more. None of the surgeries are expected to necessarily last forever, but the alternative repairs just don't have the outcomes, which is why my surgical group doesn't do them any more.
The important thing is that they do the right procedure or you. Some of the tests aren't fun, but they need to know how strong your swallow is, the length of your esophagus, etc., to calculate what you, individually, need.