CT-guided Celiac plexus neurolysis: A review of anatomy, indications, technique, and tips for successful treatment

Radiographics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1599-1621

  Kambadakone, Avinash ^a   Thabet, Ashraf ^a   Gervais, Debra A ^a   Mueller, Peter R ^a   Arellano, Ronald S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PHENOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TUMOR; CELIAC PLEXUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; INTRACTABLE PAIN; METHODOLOGY; NERVE BLOCK; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; CELIAC PLEXUS; ETHANOL; HUMANS; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PHENOL; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84857379269     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.316115526     Document Type: Article

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