[Hiatal hernia and its endoscopic diagnosis]

In 161 patients with endoscopically proved axial hiatus hernia the relations between the size of the herniated segment, its fixation and the inflammatory processes in the distal oesophageal segment were studied. The fibroscopically easily determined widely open cardia demands the performance of inversion cardioscopy and reontgenologic precision of the His angle which are necessary for the diagnosis of the vestibular and cardiac hiatus hernia.