Hepatic and splenic infarction and bowel ischemia following endoscopic ultrasound-guided celiac plexus neurolysis

Clinical Endoscopy

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 306-309

  Jang, Hee Yoon ^a   Cha, Sang Woo ^a   Lee, Byung Hoo ^a   Jung, Ho Eun ^a   Choo, Jin Woo ^a   Cho, Yun Ju ^a   Ju, Hye Young ^a   Cho, Young Deok ^a  

^a Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Celiac plexus neurolysis; Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration; Infarction and ischemia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878768217     PISSN: 22342400     EISSN: 22342443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5946/ce.2013.46.3.306     Document Type: Article

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