Thoracoscopic splanchnicectomy: Pilot evaluation of a simple alternative for chronic pancreatic pain control

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 688-692

  Moodley, Jaynathan ^a   Singh, Bhugwan ^a   Shaik, Abdool Samad ^a   Haffejee, Aref ^a   Rubin, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; NERVE TRANSECTION; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; PILOT PROJECTS; PLEURA; SPLANCHNIC NERVES; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032971481     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012369     Document Type: Article

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