title: Hiatal surface area as a basis for a new classification of hiatal hernia.
authors.affiliation: Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Neuwerk Hospital, Mönchengladbach, Germany, stavros.antoniou@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Stavros A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Antoniou
authors.forename: Rudolph
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pointner
authors.forename: Frank-Alexander
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Granderath
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006551:Hernia, Hiatal / Q000145:classification* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male