[Diagnosis and treatment of the Mallory-Weiss syndrome]

Twenty-six patients with the Mallory-Weiss syndrome were treated in the clinic, in 23 of them the diagnosis was established at the height of hemorrhage by means of esophagofibroscopy. Nine patients were operated upon, since conservative therapy was a failure. Postoperatively, 2 patients died. Suturing of linear ruptures of the cardiac mucous membrane, ligation of the left gastric artery, vagotomy and pyloroplasty are considered to the operation of choice. The recommended operative procedures are being grounded. The immediate and late results of operative treatment are described.