Celiac plexus block and neurolysis for pancreatic cancer

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Bahn, Bret M ^a   Erdek, Michael A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Celiac plexus block; Neurolysis; Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALCOHOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; DISULFIRAM; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PHENOL;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ABSCESS; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANALGESIA; ANATOMY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CHYLOTHORAX; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMPOTENCE; INFECTION; INJURY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; KIDNEY INJURY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NAUSEA; NECROSIS; NEEDLE INJURY; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLYSIS; NEUROLYTIC CELIAC PLEXUS BLOCK; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; PARALYSIS; PARAPLEGIA; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT PREPARATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERISTALSIS; PERITONITIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PSOAS MUSCLE; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; SHOULDER PAIN; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING; BODY POSTURE; CELIAC PLEXUS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INTRACTABLE PAIN; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; CELIAC PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRONE POSITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871881648     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: 15343081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-012-0310-y     Document Type: Article

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