EUS-guided celiac ganglion irradiation with iodine-125 seeds for pain control in pancreatic carcinoma: A prospective pilot study

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 945-952

  Wang, Kai Xuan ^a   Jin, Zhen Dong ^a   Du, Yi Qi ^a   Zhan, Xian Bao ^a   Zou, Duo Wu ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Wang, Dong ^a   Chen, Jie ^a   Xu, Can ^a   Li, Zhao Shen ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEMCITABINE; IODINE 125; MORPHINE SULFATE; RADIOACTIVE SEED; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELIAC GANGLION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG USE; DYSPNEA; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PARALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SAFETY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS TUMOR; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84877050363     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2012.05.032     Document Type: Article

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