Can We Evaluate Hiatal Ballooning by Measuring the Anteroposterior Diameter With 2-Dimensional Translabial Ultrasonography?
Lieming WenQichang ZhouPublished in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2017)
The anteroposterior hiatal diameter, which represents hiatal distensibility in the midsagittal plane, can be used to evaluate hiatal ballooning. "Mild" ballooning was defined as an anteroposterior diameter measurement of 6.0 to less than 6.5 cm, "moderate" ballooning as 6.5 to less than 7.0 cm, and "marked" ballooning as 7.0 cm or greater.