[Association of stomach and duodenal ulcers and diaphragmatic hernia].

On the basis of complex examination of 83 patients with the ulcer disease including ionomanometry 25 of them were found to have hiatal hernia. Specific features of the clinical picture of this combination are described. The detection of hiatal hernia in patients with the ulcer disease allows the correction of the valve mechanism of the esophago-gastric transition to be simultaneously fulfilled during the operation.