Celiac plexus neurolysis for abdominal cancer pain: A systematic review

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1140-1163

  Nagels, Werner ^a   Pease, Nikki ^c   Bekkering, Geertruida ^b   Cools, Filip ^b   Dobbels, Patrick ^a  

^a Heilig Hart Ziekenhuis   (Belgium)

^b Belgian Center for Evidence Based Medicine   (Belgium)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Celiac Plexus Neurolysis; Systematic Review

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CELIAC PLEXUS NEUROLYSIS; DENERVATION; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND GUIDED DENERVATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NEUROLYSIS; PERCUTANEOUS DENERVATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ABDOMINAL TUMOR; CELIAC PLEXUS; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FACTUAL DATABASE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CELIAC PLEXUS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84882574301     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12176     Document Type: Review

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