A prospective study of eus-guided celiac plexus neurolysis for pancreatic cancer pain

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 316-324

  Gunaratnam, Naresh T ^a,b   Sarma, Aruna V ^a,b   Norton, Ian D ^a,b   Wiersema, Maurits J ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b St Vincent Hospitals and Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CELIAC PLEXUS; CHEMICAL SYMPATHECTOMY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME;

AGED; CELIAC PLEXUS; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYMPATHECTOMY, CHEMICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035464806     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2001.117515     Document Type: Article

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