Mallory-Weiss syndrome medical therapy
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Medical Therapy
Treatment of Mallory-Weiss syndrome is usually supportive because persistent bleeding is uncommon. Injection of epinephrine[1] or cauterization may be done to stop bleeding during endoscopy.
In rare cases, embolization of the arteries supplying the region may be needed to stop the bleeding. If all methods fail, high gastrostomy can be done to ligate the bleeding vessel.