Complication rates of EUS-guided celiac plexus blockade and neurolysis: Results of a large case series

Endoscopy

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 593-597

  O'Toole, T M ^a   Schmulewitz, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ARTICLE; CELIAC PLEXUS; CHEMICAL SYMPATHECTOMY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; BUPIVACAINE; CELIAC PLEXUS; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPATHECTOMY, CHEMICAL; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 70249120042     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: 14388812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1214868     Document Type: Article

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