Prospective evaluation of laparoscopic celiac plexus block in patients with unresectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 636-641

  Allen, Peter J ^a   Chou, Joanne ^a   Janakos, Maria ^a   Strong, Vivian E ^a   Coit, Daniel G ^a   Brennan, Murray F ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CELIAC PLEXUS BLOCKADE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TUMOR BIOPSY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; CELIAC PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955724424     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-010-1372-x     Document Type: Article

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