Celiac plexus neurolysis for pain relief in pancreatic cancer

Journal of Supportive Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Moore, Jill C ^a   Adler, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; TRIAMCINOLONE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; SOLVENT;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CELIAC PLEXUS NEUROLYSIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HEMATURIA; HICCUP; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INOPERABLE CANCER; INTRANEURONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAPAROTOMY; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLYSIS; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PANCREAS CANCER; PERINEURONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; REVIEW; SHOULDER PAIN; STANDING; STOMACH PARESIS; STOMACH PERFORATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX PAIN; ABDOMINAL PAIN; CELIAC PLEXUS; DENERVATION; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANCREAS; PANCREAS TUMOR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CELIAC PLEXUS; DENERVATION; ETHANOL; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SOLVENTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 68249160103     PISSN: 15446794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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