Presacral neurolytic block for relief of pain from pelvic cancer: Description and use of a CT-guided lateral approach

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 441-444

  Wilsey, C ^a   Ashford, N S ^a   Dolin, S J ^a  

^a ST RICHARD S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Neoplasm; Pain; Pelvic; Perineal; Presacral

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLYSIS; PELVIS CANCER; PERINEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PELVIC PAIN; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036383516     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216302pm537oa     Document Type: Article

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