EUS visualization and direct celiac ganglia neurolysis predicts better pain relief in patients with pancreatic malignancy (with video)

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 267-274

  Ascunce, Gil ^a   Ribeiro, Afonso ^a   Reis, Isildinha ^a   Rocha Lima, Caio ^a   Sleeman, Danny ^a   Merchan, Jaime ^a   Levi, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CELIAC GANGLION; DATA BASE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLYSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; CELIAC PLEXUS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79551678643     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2010.10.029     Document Type: Article

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