An alternative approach to ganglion impar neurolysis under computed tomography guidance for recurrent vulva cancer [15]

Anesthesiology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 861-862

  Ho, Kok Yuen ^a   Nagi, Peter A ^b   Gray, Linda ^b   Huh, Billy K ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; OPIATE;

AGED; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LETTER; NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLYSIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VULVA CANCER;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33749165590     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200610000-00048     Document Type: Letter

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