Your doctor might recommend upper gastrointestinal (GI) surgery if you suffer from symptoms including abdominal pain, bloating, heart burn, acid regurgitation and swallowing difficulties. Your condition will be first evaluated using diagnostic techniques to find the underlying conditions.
These symptoms can be caused by conditions like inflammation (swelling) of the stomach (gastritis) or duodenum (duodenitis), a H.pylori infection (bacteria found in the lining of the stomach), peptic ulcers (sores), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and other diseases affecting the motility (ability to move) and function of the oesophagus. They can also be caused by oesophageal or stomach tumours, and depending on the location and the stage of the cancer, surgery might be needed for the management and treatment of the cancer.