Mallory-Weiss syndrome. A study of 224 patients.

Abstract

With the increasing early use of endoscopy, Mallory-Weiss syndrome has been found to be the cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in 224 of 2,175 (10.3 percent) patients studied. Since Mallory-Weiss syndrome is a self-limiting disease in more than 90 percent of patients, conservative treatment, including multiple transfusion, electrocoagulation, and compression by a Sengstaken-Blakemore tube in descending order of use, is the treatment of choice, especially in the medically debilitated patient. The cirrhotic patient poses special difficulty and generally has a poor outcome no matter what the treatment. Prolapse of the stomach into the esophagus may be an etiologic factor in a small subgroup of patients.

• Authors: C Sugawa, D Benishek, A J Walt
• Journal: American journal of surgery (Am J Surg) Vol. 145 Issue 1 Pg. 30-3 (Jan 1983) ISSN: 0002-9610 [Print] United States
• PMID: 6600377 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Aged
• Endoscopy
• Female
• Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage (etiology)
• Humans
• Male
• Mallory-Weiss Syndrome (complications, diagnosis)
• Middle Aged