Mallory-Weiss syndrome surgery
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohamed Diab, MD [2]
Overview
Surgery
- Surgical oversewing of the tear is reserved for those who fail angiographic therapy.
- Surgery is an alternative if:
- an interventional radiologist with expertise in transarterial embolization is not available
- The lesion is deemed unlikely to respond to angiographic therapy
- The patient has underlying conditions that may complicate the ability to perform angiography or transarterial embolization (eg, renal insufficiency).