title: [Hemorrhage from the digestive tract in the Mallory-Weiss syndrome].
abstract: Thirty-three patients with Mallory-Weiss syndrome have been treated at the Clinic of Emergency Surgery in Sofia for a period of 11 years (1980-1990). According to treatment and outcome they were classified as follows: conservative treatment--7 patients, electrocoagulation--16, sclerosing procedure--10, successful endoscopic hemostasis--17, emergency surgical intervention--9, relapse of bleeding after endoscopic surgery--9, death from hemorrhage--4, total case fatality--12.1 per cent, operative case fatality rate--33.3 per cent.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mitov
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Iarŭmov
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gerzilov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D004630:Emergencies; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008309:Mallory-Weiss Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D012008:Recurrence; D015911:Sclerotherapy