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Fig. 1D. —Classification of hiatal hernias. Drawing of type 4 compound hiatal hernia with additional herniation of viscera shows other viscera herniated into chest in addition to stomach. Some authors [4] refer to this hernia as type 4. However, this category is not universally recognized, and some consider it to be variant of type 3.