[Complex roentgenoendoscopic examinations in the diagnosis of hiatal hernia and functional insufficiency of the cardia].

The authors make an analysis of findings of endoscopic and rentgenological methods of examination of patients with incompetent closing apparatus of the cardioesophageal zone which increased the informative value and rentgen-endoscopic criteria of diagnostics of hiatal hernias and functional incompetence of the cardia, helped to find out their correlation with disturbed functions of the esophagus, stomach and duodenum. The correct diagnosis in its turn facilitates choice of the adequate method of treatment.