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IRVING B. BRICK, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1949;58(4):419-427.

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THE TRANSITION of hernia of the esophageal hiatus, more commonly called hiatus hernia, from a rare entity to one of comparative frequency has taken place in the past two decades. It was some years after the advent of diagnostic roentgenology that appreciation of the diagnostic value of changes in position of patients during barium study of the gastrointestinal tract led to routine study of the patient in the prone, supine or Trendelenburg positions. Ritvo¹ in 1930 emphasized the importance of this maneuver in bringing to light many previously undiagnosed hiatal hernias, particularly of the recurrent, small variety which may be seen only in the Trendelenburg position and may, indeed, be absent at another examination. Jenkinson and Roberts² estimated that only 5 per cent of hiatus hernias could be diagnosed if the erect position alone were used during examination.

Since the radiologist has attained a high degree of awareness . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Instructor of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, and Chief of the Gastroenterology Clinic, Outpatient Department, Georgetown University Hospital WASHINGTON, D. C.

From the Fifth and Sixth Medical Services (Boston University) and the Radiology Department, Boston City Hospital, Boston, and the Department of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D. C.

Footnotes
Read before the Section on Gastro-Enterology and Proctology at the Ninety-Seventh Annual Session of the American Medical Association, Chicago, June 23, 1948.

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