[Gastroesophageal reflux. Study with Helderberg's telemetric capsule]

Thirty patients in which there was a clinical suspicion of esophagitis reflux were studied. After radiological and endoscopic study, the gastroesophageal reflux was determined by means the Heidelberg telemetric capsule, for this purpose HCl 0.1N was used and changes in the gastroesophageal pH were registered in the Trendelenburg position. The results were correlated with the radiological and endoscopic findings.