[A combination of the Mallory-Weiss syndrome with acute ulceration of the gastric and duodenal mucosa].

The Mallory-Weiss syndrome is often associated with acute ulceration of the gastric and duodenal mucosa, which gives grounds for a supposition of the existence of common mechanisms of pathogenesis of these diseases. Because of bad results of the operative treatment of patients with such combinations, the method of choice should be conservative therapy and curative endoscopy. A pathogenetically substantiated operative intervention--suturing the source of bleeding in combination with vagotomy and pyloroplasty is preferable when operation is inevitable.