Show Me Where Oesophagus and stomach (upper GI) Reflux and hiatus hernia

Reflux and hiatus hernia explorer

A 3D picture to support a conversation with the clinical team. It does not diagnose or recommend treatment.

Guide

For the clinical team

Set up from the endoscopy, barium or CT report

Start with normal anatomy. Use the endoscopy (OGD), barium swallow or CT report to show whether there is a hiatus hernia, its type and size, and whether there is inflammation or Barrett’s oesophagus, then show the treatment your team has discussed. Initial settings are examples: replace them with the report details.

Reflux and hiatus hernia

Findings on the model

Changing a setting below also adds the findings.

Hiatus herniaA sliding hernia moves the junction up into the chest; a rolling hernia pushes part of the stomach up beside the food pipe.

Hernia size cm

As written in the report. Until a size is entered, the size drawn is labelled an example.

Inflammation of the lining (oesophagitis)

Barrett’s oesophagus

Its length and shape are drawn as an example.

Hernia type and size, inflammation and Barrett’s oesophagus come from the report. The shapes, and the length of Barrett’s oesophagus, are schematic.

Views and layers

Use Whole body, Chest and abdomen and Close-up to move closer in the same scene. Adding findings opens a cut-away through the front of the wall. The lungs and heart are see-through. Show / hide controls the body outline, chest organs, aorta, abdominal organs, spine, the cut-away, measurements and labels.

Oesophagus and stomachLiningDiaphragmHiatus herniaInflamed lining (oesophagitis)Barrett’s oesophagusTreatment shownHeartAorta

Drag to turn · scroll or pinch to zoom

Diagram of the hiatus

A schematic diagram, seen from the front, of the food pipe passing through the opening in the diaphragm into the stomach, with any hernia and lining changes. This is not the patient’s scan.

In plain words

Key measurements

Values come from the report; a size not yet entered is labelled an example. The food pipe and stomach are an average adult’s; the shapes are simplified.

Treatment options

Show the treatment your team has discussed

Choose a picture of the planned treatment. The model does not select a treatment.

Show

Other operations and endoscopic treatments are not shown. Your team can explain them.

Share with the patient

Make a picture sheet to send

Set up each view you want, then press Snapshot above the model. You can add up to 4. If you add none, the current view is used.

Prepared for (optional)

Team contact (optional)

Note for the patient (optional)

Include the plain-words summary Include key measurements Include the operation shown Add a page about the body part, life after treatment, support and the words used Add a page explaining the labels in plain English Add a QR code that reopens this picture (holds the model settings only, never the name or notes)

Names and notes typed here never leave this device and are forgotten when you close the page. Check the sheet before sending, and use your organisation's approved secure route.

For the patient and family

Help and support

Words used in clinic and trusted information from the NHS and Guts UK.

Open help and support

This is a simplified teaching model of reflux and hiatus hernia in an adult. It does not interpret endoscopy or scans, diagnose, or judge which treatment is right. The shapes of the hernia, inflammation and Barrett’s oesophagus are schematic. Important information · Nothing is saved.